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unconscientious

unconscientious adjective: not conscientious.

Adjective

unconscientious (comparative more unconscientious, superlative most unconscientious)

  1. Not conscientious.
    • This enabled an unconscientious builder to furnish bulky architectural masses, which presented a specious aspect of solidity and looked more costly than they really were.1506, John Addington Symonds, The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

Forms of unconscientious

comparativemore unconscientious
superlativemost unconscientious

Origin of unconscientious

From un- + conscientious.

Words formed from unconscientious

Questions about unconscientious

What does unconscientious mean?
Unconscientious means not conscientious.
What part of speech is unconscientious?
Unconscientious is an adjective.

Words near unconscientious in the dictionary

  1. unconquered
  2. unconquering
  3. unconscience
  4. unconscienced
  5. unconscient
  6. unconscientious
  7. unconscientiously
  8. unconscientiousness
  9. unconscionabilities
  10. unconscionability
  11. unconscionable

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