This phrase is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to describe someone who is spending money recklessly without considering the consequences. For example, "John has been spending money irresponsibly; he has already gone over his budget this month."
However, many voters apparently believed the Tories' claims that Labour would spend irresponsibly and bankrupt the country.
The message of the market, however, is not to spend irresponsibly beyond what the market's willingness to pay is going to be.
"Five years ago, it tended to be young men who got out of their financial depth, but now it is far more likely to be young women who spend irresponsibly.
President Hollande will not be able to spend irresponsibly.
As much or more blame lies with those that spent irresponsibly, failed to reform in good times and were blind to property bubbles.
Miliband failed to shed the idea that the Party had spent irresponsibly while in office, and to articulate a clear response to the austerity regime of the new Conservative-led coalition.
"The money was spent irresponsibly, in the sense that you can't just go and buy, quickly, seven players and shove them into a team," said Sugar.
Former Tottenham chairman Lord Sugar told BBC Radio 5 live: "The money was spent irresponsibly, in the sense that you can't just go and buy, quickly, seven players and shove them into a team.
Did Borders expand too quickly, spend money irresponsibly, and lose sight of the things that helped it grow from a single used-book store in Ann Arbor to a national chain?
But was public spending irresponsibly loose?
That introduces accountability, advocates say, because elected officials are not going to appoint members who would cut spending irresponsibly.
