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unconscionable

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un·con·scion·a·ble  (n-knsh-n-bl)
adj.
1. Not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous: unconscionable behavior.
2. Beyond prudence or reason; excessive: unconscionable spending.
un·conscion·a·ble·ness n.
un·conscion·a·bly adv.
unconscionable
Adjective
1. unscrupulous or unprincipled: an unconscionable charmer
2. excessive in amount or degree: unconscionable number of social obligations
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Adj.1.unconscionableunconscionable - lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar"
conscienceless
unconscientious - not conscientious;
2.unconscionableunconscionable - greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
exorbitant, extortionate, usurious, outrageous, steep
immoderate - beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
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I can tell your worship it is commonly said in this town that there are no people worse than the market-women, for they are all barefaced, unconscionable, and impudent, and I can well believe it from what I have seen of them in other towns.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
It is the peculiar province, for instance, of a court of equity to relieve against what are called hard bargains: these are contracts in which, though there may have been no direct fraud or deceit, sufficient to invalidate them in a court of law, yet there may have been some undue and unconscionable advantage taken of the necessities or misfortunes of one of the parties, which a court of equity would not tolerate.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
Thus they sidled slowly onward till it struck her they had been advancing for an unconscionable time--far longer than was usually occupied by the short journey from Chaseborough, even at this walking pace, and that they were no longer on hard road, but in a mere trackway.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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