unconscionable

[ uhn-kon-shuh-nuh-buhl ]

/ ʌnˈkɒn ʃə nə bəl /

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adjective

not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.

not in accordance with what is just or reasonable: unconscionable behavior.

excessive; extortionate: an unconscionable profit.

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3 extreme, immoderate, unwarranted, inordinate.

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Origin of unconscionable

First recorded in 1555–65; un-¹ + conscionable

OTHER WORDS FROM unconscionable

un·con·scion·a·bil·i·ty, nounun·con·scion·a·bly, adverb

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How to use unconscionable in a sentence

Promoting assaults on children or on anyone without consent is unconscionable.
Visa and MasterCard ban Pornhub over abusive videos|Timothy B. Lee|December 11, 2020|Ars Technica
“The governor continues to impose draconian and unconscionable prohibitions on the daily life of all Californians that even the governor disregards at his own whim,” the brief said.
Supreme Court sides with California church protesting coronavirus restrictions|Robert Barnes|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
“To shut down the government in the midst of a pandemic and recession would be unconscionable,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Are we at risk of a Christmas government shutdown?|Amber Phillips|December 2, 2020|Washington Post
It is unconscionable that such protections are still not in place today.
Honoring victims of the Harvard Secret Court of 1920|Diego Garcia Blum|November 5, 2020|Washington Blade

“This is unconscionable,” he told Schuchat and more than a dozen others around the conference table, his voice so anguished it alarmed some who were there.
Inside the Fall of the CDC|by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|October 15, 2020|ProPublica
An unconscionably long time when you have a delicious sole à la Regence getting cold on your hands.
Through the Wall|Cleveland Moffett
However delicate a definition is framed for 'profiteering,' these packers have preyed upon the people unconscionably.
Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII|Various
The afternoon promised to be unconscionably long in reaching four o'clock, and Forbes set out for another saunter down the Avenue.
What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes
If it had not been for the lurking hope of some fresh exciting experience with a woman, he would have been unconscionably lonely.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser
"I fear I have paid you an unconscionably long visit," I said.
A Cabinet Secret|Guy Boothby

British Dictionary definitions for unconscionable

unconscionable

/ (ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbəl) /

adjective

unscrupulous or unprincipledan unconscionable liar

immoderate or excessiveunconscionable demands

Derived forms of unconscionable

unconscionableness, noununconscionably, adverb

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