Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conscienceless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: con-science-less
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless.

Example Sentences

"It was watching her with cold animal curiosity, something demonish and conscienceless."

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.

Inflected Forms

more conscienceless (comparative) most conscienceless (superlative)

Derived Forms

consciencelessly consciencelessness

Synonyms

unconscionable

Questions

What does conscienceless mean?: Lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless.
Where does conscienceless come from?: 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.

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