unconscionable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ conscionable

Pronunciation

(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ənˈkɔn.ʃən.ə.bəl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbəl/

Adjective

unconscionable (comparative more unconscionable, superlative most unconscionable)

Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.
- 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, p364)
  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.
Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.
The effective rate of interest was unconscionable, but not legally usurious.

Translations

not conscionable; unscrupulous

Dutch: onbillijk (nl), gewetenloos (nl)
Finnish: omantunnon vastainen
French: sans scrupules (fr)
German: unverschämt (de), skrupellos (de)
Greek: παράλογος (el) (parálogos), ασυνείδητος (el) (asyneíditos)

Italian: senza scrupoli
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: inescrupuloso (pt)
Russian: бессо́вестный (ru) (bessóvestnyj)
Spanish: inescrupuloso

excessive

Dutch: excessief (nl), overdreven (nl)
Finnish: kohtuuton (fi), hillitön (fi)

German: unverschämt (de), unverhältnismäßig
Swedish: överdriven (sv), omåttlig (sv)

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Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} onbillik

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