Meanings
adjectiveconscienceless (comparative more conscienceless, superlative most conscienceless)
comparative more conscienceless · superlative most conscienceless
- Lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless.
It was watching her with cold animal curiosity, something demonish and conscienceless.
1925, D. H. Lawrence, The Princess
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking a conscience
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishconscience
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishconscienceless
From conscience + -less.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безсъ́вестен
- безсъ́вестен (bezsắvesten)lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
German gewissenlos
- gewissenloslacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
Russian бессо́вестный
- бессо́вестный (bessóvestnyj)lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
Turkish vicdansız
- vicdansızlacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
Ukrainian безсо́вісний, несо́вісний
- безсо́вісний (bezsóvisnyj)lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
- несо́вісний (nesóvisnyj)lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
Cite this entry
APA
conscienceless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscienceless
MLA
“conscienceless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscienceless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conscienceless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscienceless.
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