Unconscionable
[ʌn'kɒnʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l] or [ʌn'kɑnʃənəbl]
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unreasonable, inordinate, excessive.
Editor: Philip
Definition
adj. not conformable to conscience: unreasonable: inordinate.—n. Uncon′scionableness.—adv. Uncon′scionably.
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Examples
- That's all I ask, and surely that's not unconscionable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For you tell me he's an unconscionable dog, a ravenous rascal. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There is an unconscionable old shark for you! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I am not so unconscionable as to think it likely that you would accept me on trust at first sight, and take me out of the very street. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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