unconscionable
adjective
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When Do You Use unconscionable?
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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Examples of unconscionable in a Sentence
Denise Dunckel Morse, Fortune, 16 May 2024
Billionaire donor Barry Sternlicht assails Brown’s ‘unconscionable’ deal with protesters.
—Erin Nolan, New York Times, 4 May 2024
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“Unconscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconscionable. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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