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conscienceless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lacking a conscience

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a conscienceless villain
  • brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
  • an unconscionable liar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unconscionable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English conscience Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English conscienceless From conscience + -less.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: vicdansız — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Belarusian: бяссумле́нны (bjassumljénny) — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Belarusian: несумле́нны (njesumljénny) — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Bulgarian: безсъ́вестен (bezsǎ́vesten) — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • German: gewissenlos — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Russian: бессо́вестный (bessóvestnyj) — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Turkish: vicdansız — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Ottoman Turkish: وجدانسز (vicdansız) — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Ukrainian: безсо́вісний (bezsóvisnyj) — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Ukrainian: несо́вісний (nesóvisnyj) — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless
  • Uyghur: ۋىجدانسىز (wijdansiz) — lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless