conscionable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- conscionableness noun
- conscionably adverb
Etymology
Origin of conscionable
1540–50; conscion- (back formation from conscions, variant of conscience, the final -s taken for plural sign) + -able
Example Sentences
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By any conscionable person's moral definition, that is inhuman.
From Salon
The building was so decrepit and its offerings so inferior to its nearby all-White counterpart that the fiction of “separate but equal” could no longer be conscionably sustained.
From Washington Post
The building was so decrepit and its offerings so inferior to its nearby all-white counterpart that the fiction of “separate but equal” could no longer be conscionably sustained.
From Seattle Times
"It’s not even conscionable think that he’s driving to the basket that much and not getting hit," Pistons coach Dwane Casey said.
From Fox News
In general, he thinks we Americans expect our dogs “to put up with being on their own for longer than is conscionable.”
From Seattle Times
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