Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous.
- adjective Beyond prudence or reason; excessive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not conscionable; unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; enormous: as, an unconscionable demand.
- Not guided or influenced by conscience.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not conscionable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; inordinate; extravagant
- adjective Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience; that cannot be done in good conscience.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
conscionable ;unscrupulous andlacking principles orconscience . - adjective
Excessive ,imprudent orunreasonable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking a conscience
- adjective greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Etymologies
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Examples
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What they did to him in 1991 and have perpetuated ever since solely because a black conservative must be destroyed is a good example of where the term unconscionable applies.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter on McCain and Obama at the Saddleback Civil Forum. Ann Althouse 2008
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As South Korean President Lee Myung-bak continued his state visit to the United States on Friday a group of nongovernmental organizations NGOs wants the Obama administration to explain what they call unconscionable delays in deciding whether to resume U.S. food assistance to North Korea.
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A grand jury cleared Pleasantville, N.Y., police Officer Aaron Hess of wrongdoing in Henry's death, but his parents are suing Hess for what they call an "unconscionable use of force."
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By DENISE LAVOIE 2011
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The UMW also rebuked federal regulators-- and, to a lesser extent, their state counterparts -- for what it called an "unconscionable" failure to use all the tools they had to shut down the long-troubled mine and prevent the nation's deadliest coal mine explosion in four decades.
unknown title 2011
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The UMW also rebuked federal regulators-- and, to a lesser extent, their state counterparts -- for what it called an "unconscionable" failure to use all the tools they had to shut down the long-troubled mine and prevent the nation's deadliest coal mine explosion in four decades.
unknown title 2011
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What's "unconscionable" is convicting people without a trial!
Administration critics slam civilian trials for 9/11 suspects 2009
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The word unconscionable could only begin to describe the situation.
Archive 2005-06-01 Michael Caddell 2005
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The word unconscionable could only begin to describe the situation.
VIVA VENEZUELA! THE NEOCON'S NIGHTMARE. Michael Caddell 2005
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March 24 Bloomberg -- Aetna Inc. is suing six New Jersey doctors over medical bills it calls "unconscionable," including $56,980 for a bedside consultation and $59,490 for an ultrasound that typically costs $74.
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Over 450,000 people have signed a rapidly-growing petition against the sell-off, action groups are spontaneously springing up all over the country to defend local woods, and two weeks ago 100 leading figures - including Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees, actress Judi Dench and the Archbishop of Canterbury wrote to this newspaper to call the plans "unconscionable" - and "ill-conceived".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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