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unconscionable [ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbəl] adj
1. unscrupulous or unprincipled an unconscionable liar 2. immoderate or excessive unconscionable demands unconscionableness n unconscionably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
unconscionable adjective 1. criminal, unethical, amoral, unprincipled, unfair, unjust He calls the reductions an unconscionable threat to public safety. 2. excessive, outrageous, unreasonable, extreme, extravagant, preposterous, exorbitant, inordinate, immoderate Some child-care centres were charging unconscionable fees. Translations unconscionable [ʌnˈkɒnʃnəbl] ADJ (frm) 1. (= disgraceful) [liar] → desvergonzado; [behaviour, crime] → inadmisible 2. (= excessive) → desmedido, desrazonable unconscionable [ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbl] adj (liter) a. (excessive) → eccessivo/a to be an unconscionable time doing sth → impiegare un tempo eccessivo a fare qc b. (unprincipled, liar) → spregiudicato/a unconscionable [ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbl] adj (liter) a. (excessive) → eccessivo/a to be an unconscionable time doing sth → impiegare un tempo eccessivo a fare qc b. (unprincipled, liar) → spregiudicato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. 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. |
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