Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unconscionable \Un*con"scion*a*ble\, a.
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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.
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Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience. [Obs.]
Ungenerous as well as unconscionable practices.
--South. [1913 Webster] -- Un*con"scion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*con"scion*a*bly, adv.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, "showing no regard for conscience," from un- (1) + now rare conscionable "conscientious." Related: Unconscionably.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience. 2 excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.
WordNet
adj. lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar" [syn: conscienceless]
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, usurious]
Usage examples of "unconscionable".
She did not accuse Jem of spinning tarradiddles, merely of allowing himself to be gulled by an unconscionable humbugger.
But that Jefferson could so matter-of-factly consider selling off his slaves--not freeing them--and so readily transfer the burdens of his own extravagances to the backs of those he held in bondage, would have struck Adams as unconscionable, and would no doubt have been a serious test of his respect, if not affection, for the man.
But if Teller is right, then it was unconscionable of him not to have disclosed the purported discovery to the affected parties - the citizens and leaders of his nation and the world.
The vaccine for the sporophyte virus was worth everything to those stranded Starfleet officers, and to simply hand it over was unconscionable.
I was going to say, a moment ago, how ungrateful and even unconscionable we would be if we were indifferent to our inheritances, turned away from them.
He had not traveled an unconscionable number of parsecs to hear what he had already heard once before, on Earth.
I’ve delivered every record, every lab report, every maintenance schedule, and I’ve shut down the cleanrooms for an unconscionable length of time.
Taken From the Minutes of the Senate Committee Armed and Brevetted to Investigate Odious Unconscionable Sedition, Obtained by the Alfredae Through Means Which Remain To This Day the Well-Hidden Secret of Our Noble Clan of Chroniclers.
The exploitability of the case intersected with the ascendance of tabloid television and created a phenomenon of great magnitude, and to censor it or attempt to curtail it in any manner would be unconscionable.
He also 'heard' many grievances of men and women cooped for an unconscionable time in each other's company with no respite for months, and none in sight .
This station has previously uncovered Kunming's unconscionable use of mentally handicapped persons as slaves for War House.
It is unconscionable, that nineteen healthy young athletes should, with weapons in their hands, feloniously fall on two middle-aged foreigners who were in poor physical condition, and who had only recently gotten out of their sickbeds after very serious injuries.