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   unconscionable

   /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃənəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. not right or reasonable: "the unconscionable conduct of his son" Similar unethicalamoralimmoralunprincipledindefensiblewrongunscrupulousunfairunderhanddishonourabledishonestcorruptdepravedinformal:shadyOpposite ethicalacceptable
   • ▪ unreasonably excessive: "shareholders have had to wait an unconscionable time for the facts to be established" Similar excessiveunwarranteduncalled forunreasonableunfairinordinatedisproportionateimmoderateextremeundueoutrageouspreposterousmonstrousinexcusableunnecessaryneedlessinformal:over the topOTTOpposite acceptablemoderatereasonable

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from un-1 ‘not’ + obsolete conscionable, from conscience (interpreted as a plural) + -able.

   Derivatives

   • 1. unconscionably adverb

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