Unconscionable \Un*con"scion*a*ble\
([u^]n*k[o^]n"sh[u^]n*[.a]*b'l), a.
1. Not conscionable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable
claim or expectation; not conforming to reason;
unreasonable; inordinate; extravagant; as, an
unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size.
[1913 Webster]
Which use of reason, most reasonless and
unconscionable, is the utmost that any tyrant ever
pretended. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen,
Stalking with less unconscionable strides. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience; that cannot be
done in good conscience; as, unconscionable profits.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Ungenerous as well as unconscionable practices.
--South.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unconscionable
adj 1: lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash,
unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable
liar" [syn: conscienceless]
2: 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
175 Moby Thesaurus words for "unconscionable":
a bit much, abandoned, absolute, acute, amoral, arrant, barbarous,
boundless, classical, complete, conscienceless, consummate,
corrupt, corrupted, crass, criminal, crooked, cutthroat, cutting,
dark, decided, definitive, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, dizzy,
doubtful, downright, drastic, dubious, egregious, enormous,
evasive, evil, exacting, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant,
extortionate, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, fancy, felonious,
fierce, fishy, flagrant, fraudulent, furious, gigantic, glaring,
gluttonous, gouging, great, gross, grossly overpriced, high,
hyperbolic, hypertrophied, ill-got, ill-gotten, immoderate,
immoral, incontinent, indefensible, indirect, inexcusable,
inexpiable, inflationary, inordinate, insidious, intemperate,
intense, intolerable, irremissible, keen, monstrous, not kosher,
out of bounds, out of sight, out-and-out, outrageous, outright,
overbig, overdeveloped, overgreat, overgrown, overlarge, overmuch,
overpriced, overweening, perfect, piercing, positive, precious,
preposterous, profound, prohibitive, pronounced, proper,
questionable, rank, regular, rigorous, rotten, rough, severe,
shady, shameless, sharp, shattering, shifty, shocking, sinister,
skyrocketing, slippery, spiraling, splitting, stark, stark-staring,
steep, stick-at-nothing, stiff, superlative, surpassing,
suspicious, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, too much, total,
tough, towering, tricky, unallowable, unbearable, unbridled,
unchristian, uncivilized, unconscienced, unconscientious,
undeniable, underhand, underhanded, undue, unequivocal, unethical,
unforgivable, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unjustifiable, unmeasurable,
unmitigated, unpardonable, unprincipled, unqualified, unreasonable,
unrelieved, unrestrained, unsavory, unscrupulous, unspoiled,
unstraightforward, unwarrantable, unwarranted, usurious, utter,
vehement, venomous, violent, virulent, wicked, without remorse,
without shame
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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