Definition of unconscionable
1 : not guided or controlled by conscience : unscrupulous an unconscionable villain
2a : excessive, unreasonable found an unconscionable number of defects in the carb : shockingly unfair or unjust unconscionable sales practices
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Examples of unconscionable in a Sentence
They have had to endure unconscionable delays.
an unconscionable number of errors for an important government report
Recent Examples of unconscionable from the Web
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Apparently, Verizon’s stance on MP3 ringtones wasn’t always so unconscionable.
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Something that can't be done in good conscience is unconscionable, and such acts can range from betraying a confidence to mass murder. For a five-syllable word, unconscionable is actually quite common. This is partly because it isn't always used very seriously; so, for example, a critic is free to call a fat new book "an unconscionable waste of trees". In law, an unconscionable contract is one that, even though it was signed by both parties, is so ridiculous that a judge will just throw it out.
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First Known Use of unconscionable
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UNCONSCIONABLE Defined for English Language Learners
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: extremely bad, unfair, or wrong
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: going far beyond what is usual or proper
Law Dictionary
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: unreasonably unfair to one party, marked by oppression, or otherwise unacceptably offensive to public policy an unconscionable clause finds the contract…to have been unconscionable at the time it was made — Uniform Commercial Code — compare conscionable
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