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.
Examples of unconscionable in a Sentence
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
That's unfathomable, that's unacceptable, that's unconscionable, and that's un-American.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
Neuheisel also saw the Supreme Court of Nevada Circuit refuse to dispatch former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden’s claims against the NFL and Goodell to arbitration because doing so would be unconscionable.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Particularly being a father of two girls and two boys, this is unconscionable.
—Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Unconscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconscionable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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