unconscionable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.

   When Roger assured him that prospects "looked very good" for a retrial, even a reversal of the verdict, since Roger had discovered "unconscionable errors" in the trial, Jackson grunted in bemusement and smiled with half his mouth.

2. 2
   adj

   Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.

   The effective rate of interest was unconscionable, but not legally usurious.

From un- + conscionable.

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