unconscionable
English
Etymology
un- + conscionable
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ənˈkɔn.ʃən.ə.bəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbəl/
Adjective
unconscionable (comparative more unconscionable, superlative most unconscionable)
- Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.
- 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, p364)
- When Roger assured him that prospects "looked very good" for a retrial, even a reversal of the verdict, since Roger had discovered "unconscionable errors" in the trial, Jackson grunted in bemusement and smiled with half his mouth.
- 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, p364)
- Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.
- The effective rate of interest was unconscionable, but not legally usurious.
Translations
not conscionable; unscrupulous
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excessive
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