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UNCONSCIENTIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
