conscienceless
Lacking moral compass
Conscienceless means without a conscience—lacking the inner sense of right and wrong that restrains most people from harmful acts.
A conscienceless person feels no guilt or moral compunction: a conscienceless swindler who preyed on the elderly.
The word emphasizes not just wrongdoing but the absence of any internal check against it.
Violating moral standards
- unprincipledLacking moral standards
- unscrupulousLacking moral principles
- amoralWithout ethical concern
- immoralContrary to ethical principles
corrupt · dishonest · depraved · nefarious · dishonorable · deceitful · crooked · underhanded
Lacking any compassion
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
brutal · savage · vicious · inhuman · barbarous · cold-blooded · bloodthirsty · sadistic
Low temperature state
- emotionlessLacking any sentiment
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
unsympathetic · dispassionate · insensitive · unempathetic · uncompassionate · soulless · stony · numb
Feeling no remorse
- unremorsefulFeeling no guilt afterward
- unapologeticShowing no remorse
- impenitentFeeling no regret
- guiltlessNot at fault
shameless · unashamed · hardened · incorrigible · unreformed · unbothered · untroubled · brazen
unethical
Violating moral standards
- unprincipledLacking moral standards
- unscrupulousLacking moral principles
- amoralWithout ethical concern
immoral · corrupt · dishonest · depraved · nefarious · dishonorable · deceitful · crooked · underhanded · perfidious
ruthless
Lacking any compassion
callous · brutal · savage · vicious · inhuman · barbarous · cold-blooded · bloodthirsty · sadistic · fierce
cold
Low temperature state
- emotionlessLacking any sentiment
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
apathetic · unsympathetic · dispassionate · insensitive · unempathetic · uncompassionate · soulless · stony · numb · aloof
unrepentant
Feeling no remorse
- unremorsefulFeeling no guilt afterward
- unapologeticShowing no remorse
- impenitentFeeling no regret
guiltless · shameless · unashamed · hardened · incorrigible · unreformed · unbothered · untroubled · brazen · defiant
consciencelessconscientious
Scrupulously careful and thorough
principled · scrupulous · ethical · moral · upright
consciencelessguilt-ridden
Tormented by remorse
remorseful · conscience-stricken · penitent · contrite · guilty
conscious, conscience, unconscious, subconscious, conscientious, consciousness, unconscionable, conscientiously, conscientiousness