height of irresponsibility
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height
noun[C or U]
uk/haɪt/us/haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
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irresponsibility
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪr.ɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪr.əˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the quality of not thinking or worrying enough about the possible results of what ...
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(Definition ofheightandirresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Against that test, huge new business taxes, the minimum wage, the social chapter and the student fees scheme are theheightofirresponsibility.
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To play with people's livelihoods for political advantage is theheightofirresponsibility.
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To abandon that policy now, just when the threat to freedom is acute and powerful, would be theheightofirresponsibility.
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That seems to me to be theheightofirresponsibility, and an exceedingly dangerous comment to make in the present problematic situation.
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It would be theheightofirresponsibilityon my part to pretend that it will.
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However, it is still central to the debate, and to ignore it is theheightofirresponsibility.
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This is theheightofirresponsibilityand in my view it is very dangerous indeed.
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That is theheightofirresponsibility, when we have just succeeded in getting inflation under control.
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To remove sanctions now would be theheightofirresponsibility.
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It would have been theheightofirresponsibility.
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Does he also agree that it would be theheightofirresponsibilityto recommend such a policy without working out or stating honestly its cost?
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But it is theheightofirresponsibilityto say nothing about it in this critical debate.
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It is theheightofirresponsibilityto introduce a programme that is uncosted or on which estimates have not been made.
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It would be theheightofirresponsibilityif it were to do so.
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That seems to me to be theheightofirresponsibility.
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It is theheightofirresponsibilityto praise a blockade that was illegal.
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That is theheightofirresponsibilityand the height of unreality.
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Surely it is theheightofirresponsibilityto encourage the dash for gas for electricity generation that we have seen in the past two years.
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Such a statement is theheightofirresponsibility.
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It would have been theheightofirresponsibilityfor us not to take the position that we took.
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