Irresponsibility in Malayalam

There is one word on this page, നിരുത്തരവാദം (nirutharavaadam), and it matches irresponsibility exactly, being the negation of utharavaadam, responsibility. Expect it in criticism of officials and in editorials.

Most common translation

നിരുത്തരവാദം (nirutharavaadam)

Irresponsibility.

ജോലിയിലെ നിരുത്തരവാദം മേലധികാരി ചോദ്യം ചെയ്തു.

joliyile nirutharavaadam meladhikaari chodyam cheythu.

The boss questioned the irresponsibility at work.

Dictionary entry

നിരുത്തരവാദം (nirutharavaadam) names the quality itself, so it works as the subject of a sentence about someone's conduct rather than as a label for a person.

Common questions

How do you say irresponsibility in Malayalam?

നിരുത്തരവാദം (nirutharavaadam), formed by negating the word for responsibility.

Is it a formal word?

Fairly formal, yes. It turns up in writing and in speeches about duty and negligence more than in casual chat.