8 November 2016

unconscionable

[uhn-kon-shuh-nuh-buh l]

adjective

1. not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
2. not in accordance with what is just or reasonable:
unconscionable behavior.
3. excessive; extortionate:
an unconscionable profit.

Origin of unconscionable

1555-1565; un-1+ conscionable

Related forms

unconscionability, noun
unconscionably, adverb

Synonyms

3. extreme, immoderate, unwarranted, inordinate.

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Examples from the Web for unconscionable

Contemporary Examples

This fallacy ignores history in such a blatant manner that it borders on the dangerously unwise if not the unconscionable.
Don’t Listen to Experts on Afghanistan
Masood Aziz
May 27, 2010

For many black Americans, the Zimmerman verdict was an unconscionable nightmare.
Why Do Black and White Americans See the Zimmerman Verdict So Differently?
Sophia A. Nelson
July 13, 2013

To win again would only be construed as an act of unconscionable hubris.
Don Draper Takes on Health Care
James P. Othmer
March 21, 2010

Anagram

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Today’s quote

Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist. There are certainly guitarists that transcend that and do really find their sound and all that sort of stuff.

– Nick Cave

On this day

8 November 1836 – birth of Milton Bradley, U.S. board-game maker, credited with launching the board-game industry. Died 30 May 1911.

8 November 1847 – birth of Bram Stoker, Irish novellist, author of ‘Dracula’. Died 20 April 1912.

8 November 1960 – 43 year old, John F. Kennedy wins the presidential election and becomes the youngest President of the United States of America.

8 November 1973 – In Brisbane, Australia, a home-made bomb is placed on a teacher’s desk. It detonates, killing one student, injuring 8 others, while the teacher loses both hands.