Synonym for not taking personal responsibility.
That says a person who takes no personal accountability in their actions or always tries to shift blame on some factor supposedly outside of their control. (The phrase we use in this article explains that this is an example of someone who takes no personal accountability for their actions)?
Is there such a word?
What is the biggest problem in the world of post WW2 era?
The word that first springs to mind is feckless. particularly the second meaning… having
no sense of responsibility; indifferent, lazy.
How do I learn to swim?
Some people weasel out of their responsibilities or deflect blame or dodge accountability.
What you describe as “passive” and “aggressive”?
Is Auriemma hurting? “Some people, that’s just their style, they’re passive-aggressive. ” Being selfish and always wanting someone else to blame for everything. ” Apr 23, 2008 – USA Today – Geno Auriemma
(thank you, Google)
I’ve got a few:
- a dodger
- a shirker
In Australia we also have a ‘bludger’ but I think that’s more to do with laziness than shifting the blame. Do two qualities coexist within a school?
Why are they so depressed everyday?
“Abdication” for permanent refusal of their responsibility. If it’s an intermittent thing, I like “feckless” as per Brian’s reply (above).
It baffles me that none of the other answers mentioned the simple irresponsibility it
took to answer the question for us to start thinking about it again?
Unaccountable :
- Impossible to account for; inexplicable: unaccountable absences
- As an executive unaccountable for any otherperson but ‘The President’, such as quotas, the president and the others will be totally unaccountable to the President: no action.
How can one learn the English language?
