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unconscionable

[uhn-kon-shuh-nuh-buhl]

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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.

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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Example Sentences

Today, notch babies turn viciously on real babies in an unconscionable attempt to get what's unrightfully theirs.

Advocates for the poor consider such cuts unconscionable.

Using hunting permits as a political protection racket for the livestock community is what is so unconscionable about this hunt.

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Today, notch babies turn viciously on real babies in an unconscionable attempt to get what's unrightfully theirs.

Advocates for the poor consider such cuts unconscionable.

Using hunting permits as a political protection racket for the livestock community is what is so unconscionable about this hunt.

Most scientists agree that it is unconscionable to clone humans when tests in animals have not been perfected.

We feel that it is unconscionable for restaurateurs to add fish to any dish without alerting their customers.

In that context, expanding government growth and social democracy is unconscionable.

Just two years ago it was unconscionable to give a pregnant women a vaccine, now doctors guilt women into it.

It is unconscionable that in this country one of three kids is overweight or obese.

Giving judges the right to life and death decisions despite the wishes of a jury is morally wrong and unconscionable.

It was an unconscionable betrayal of a nation of people, and the land they gave away was not theirs to give.

Withdrawing the offer without ever giving you a firm deadline, and after only five days, is unconscionable.

It is a sport of extremes, from the unconscionable amounts of fuel consumed to the.

In defense of put-upon guests, here is my list of unconscionable behavior for hosts who seek to insure no returns:.

Please fly my hello to those suffering from the unconscionable others.

Roth will leave behind a legacy of unconscionable delays in deciding.

To mutilate a pet for our simple convenience is unconscionable and barbaric.

For any official to allow these conditions to exist is unconscionable.

Besides, togetherness in art lays an unconscionable burden on the reviewer.

He also prepared guacamole into which he poured unconscionable amounts of cayenne.

But for those who do and yet are denied it, the effects of such denial are real and unconscionable.

He simply believes it's an unconscionable waste to stay in bed when the sun is shining.

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unconscionable (ʌnˈkɒnʃənəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	unscrupulous or unprincipled: an unconscionable liar
2.	immoderate or excessive: unconscionable demands

un'conscionableness

—n

un'conscionably

—*adv*

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unconscionable

1560s, "showing no regard for conscience," from un- (1) + now rare conscionable "conscientious" (1540s).

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