Conscientious and Disinterested

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Conscientious adjective - Guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong.

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Disinterested is an antonym for conscientious.

Disinterested adjective - Having or showing a lack of interest or concern.

Usage example: the city's philistines, naturally disinterested in art, voted to cut the museum's budget

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Conscientious is an antonym for disinterested.

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