Complete Definition of "unconscionable"

English

Pronunciation
a|Aus IPA|/ank�n��nab�l/

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.

#* 2001, w:Joyce Carol Oates|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.

  1. excessive|Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.

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Translations
trans-top|not conscionable
Dutch: t|nl|onbillijk, t|nl|gewetenloos
Finnish: omatunto|omantunnon vastainen
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trans-top|excessive
Dutch: t|nl|excessief, t|nl|overdreven
Finnish: kohtuuton, hillitön
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ttbc|Afrikaans: onbillik
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io:unconscionable
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