unconscionable
adjective
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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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William Hartung, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The legal system generally presents a binary—sane and guilty, or insane and not—and a not-guilty verdict might seem unconscionable when the victims were innocent children.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has filed a lawsuit against YouTube in Phillips County Circuit Court claiming that the online video sharing platform engaged in deceptive and unconscionable trade practices in violation of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
—Amir Mahmoud, arkansasonline.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Two women have died from obvious and unconscionable medical malpractice.
—Calum Miller, National Review, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Unconscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconscionable. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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