UNCONSCIENTIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unconscientiousness mean? 

• UNCONSCIENTIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun UNCONSCIENTIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being willing to ignore the dictates of conscience

2. the trait of not being painstaking or careful

  Familiarity information: UNCONSCIENTIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCONSCIENTIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being willing to ignore the dictates of conscience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unconscientiousness" is a kind of...):

conscience (conformity to one's own sense of right conduct)

Antonym:

conscientiousness (the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience)

Derivation:

unconscientious (not conscientious)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of not being painstaking or careful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unconscientiousness" is a kind of...):

carelessness; sloppiness (the quality of not being careful or taking pains)

Antonym:

conscientiousness (the trait of being painstaking and careful)