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conscienceless

conscienceless adjective: lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless.

Adjective

conscienceless (comparative more conscienceless, superlative most conscienceless)

  1. Lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless.
    • It was watching her with cold animal curiosity, something demonish and conscienceless.1925, D. H. Lawrence, The Princess

Forms of conscienceless

comparativemore conscienceless
superlativemost conscienceless

Origin of conscienceless

From conscience + -less.

Words formed from conscienceless

Questions about conscienceless

What does conscienceless mean?
Conscienceless means lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless.
What part of speech is conscienceless?
Conscienceless is an adjective.

Words near conscienceless in the dictionary

  1. conscience vote
  2. conscience votes
  3. conscience-money
  4. conscience-proof
  5. conscienced
  6. conscienceless
  7. consciencelessly
  8. consciencelessness
  9. consciencelike
  10. consciences
  11. consciencewise

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