Example Sentences

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You have unconscientiously dropped a hint touching the insufficiency of your income to maintain you as a lady should be maintained.

From City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston by Thompson, George

Nor do I apprehend any more charges of being wilfully obscure, unconscientiously careless, or perversely harsh.

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur

Thus, without intending it, I came to possess a very interesting numismatical collection, which I most unconscientiously, but with little success, tried to scatter.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

It was long the FASHION—and that fashion has not yet passed away —with skimming readers and perfunctory critics to charge Mr. Browning with being "wilfully obscure, unconscientiously careless, and perversely harsh."

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram

To be sure, he did not come to a decision unconscientiously; but his conscience was strongly fortified and was not easily affected by the circumstances of the examination or the arguments for the defense.

From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules