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un⋅con⋅scion⋅a⋅ble

  [uhn-kon-shuh-nuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
2. not in accordance with what is just or reasonable: unconscionable behavior.
3. excessive; extortionate: an unconscionable profit.
Origin:
1555–65; un- 1 + conscionable

Related forms:
un⋅con⋅scion⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
un⋅con⋅scion⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. extreme, immoderate, unwarranted, inordinate.
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un·con·scion·a·ble   (ŭn-kŏn'shə-nə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous: unconscionable behavior.
  2. Beyond prudence or reason; excessive: unconscionable spending.
un·con'scion·a·ble·ness n., un·con'scion·a·bly adv.
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Unconscionable

Un*con"scion*a*ble\, a. 1. Not conscionable; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; as, an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size.

Which use of reason, most reasonless and unconscionable, is the utmost that any tyrant ever pretended. --Milton.

His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen, Stalking with less unconscionable strides. --Milton.

2. Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience. [Obs.]

Ungenerous as well as unconscionable practices. --South. -- Un*con"scion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*con"scion*a*bly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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unconscionable 
1565, "showing no regard for conscience," from un- (1) + now rare conscionable "conscientious" (1549), from conscioned "having a conscience."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: un·con·scio·na·ble
Pronunciation: "&n-'kän-ch&-n&-b&l
Function: adjective
: unreasonably unfair to one party, marked by oppression, or otherwise unacceptably offensive to public policy unconscionable clause> unconscionable at the time it was made —Uniform Commercial Code> —compare CONSCIONABLE —un·con·scio·na·bly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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