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Definition: Unconscionable |
UnconscionableAdjective1. Lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar". 2. Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unconscionable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Economics | Unreasonable; outrageous. Courts in many countries may refuse to enforce contracts which they deem to be unconscionable. (references) |
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Synonyms: UnconscionableSynonyms: conscienceless (adj), exorbitant (adj), extortionate (adj), outrageous (adj), steep (adj), usurious (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greatness | Vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible; marvelous. |
Vice | Evil-minded, evil-disposed; ill-conditioned; malevolent; heartless, graceless, shameless, virtueless; abandoned, lost to virtue; unconscionable; sunk in iniquity, lost in iniquity, steeped in iniquity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unconscionable |
| English words defined with "unconscionable": conscienceless ♦ Inconscionable ♦ Un-. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "unconscionable": Inconscionable. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | This act of genocide is unconscionable! (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver; writing credit: Amy Hennig) I did a lot of unconscionable things when I became a vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) The way it happened was unconscionable. (Last of the Dogmen; writing credit: Tab Murphy) | |
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Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles II | He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | And in place of the numberless and feasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom -- Free Trade. (reference) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | If we don't, the recovery will be too short, unemployment will remain too high, and we will leave an unconscionable burden of national debt for our children. |
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| "Unconscionable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unconscionable" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 35 | 58,339 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unconscionable": unconscionable time. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unconscionable | 18 |
contract unconscionable | 4 |
home matrimonial unconscionable | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unconscionable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i papërmbajtur (demonstrative, ebullient, effuse, effusive, fiery, gushing, harum scarum, hot-blooded, hot-headed, Hotspur, immoderate, incontinent, intemperate, jazz, jazzy, lawless, out of hand, rampageous, rampant, unchecked, uncontained, uncontrollable, unreserved, unrestrained, wanton, wild), i paarsyeshëm (arbitrary, daft, desperate, devil may care, gratuitous, headstrong, irrational, preposterous, unreasonable, wanton). (various references) | |
Arabic | مفرط (exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, frightful, immoderate, intemperate, intolerable, overabundant, overmuch, overweening, super, superabundant, superfluous, superlative, too much, undue, unqualified, unreasonable, unrestrained), غير معقول (out of the question, paradoxical, pointless, preposterous, unbelievable, unimaginable, unreasonable), عديم الضمير (unprincipled, unscrupulous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | безсъвестен (conscienceless), безскрупулен (conscienceless, ruthless, sharp, slim, slippery, slippy, smart, unconscious, unscrupulous), безотговорен (carefree, erratic, happy go lucky, harum scarum, irresponsible, shiftless, wildcat, worthless), прекален (excessive, extreme, inordinate, overdone, profuse, superfluous, thick, undue, unholy, unmerciful). (various references) | |
Czech | nesvìdomitý (conscienceless, unscrupulous). (various references) | |
Danish | Arbejdsgruppe vedroerende utilboerlige Kontraktsvilkaar (Working Party on Unconscionable Terms in Contracts). (various references) | |
Dutch | Werkgroep Onredelijke bepalingen in overeenkomsten (Working Party on Unconscionable Terms in Contracts), lening tegen woekerrente (loan at an unconscionable rate of interest, usurious loan). (various references) | |
Farsi | گزاف (Bombastic, Costly, Exorbitant, Extortionary, Extravagant, High, Immense, Rodomontade, Steep, Stupendous, Tall, Vainglory), غیرمعقول (Erratic, Extravagant), خلاف وجدان , بی وجدان (Wretch). (various references) | |
French | excessif (undue, unreasonable), déraisonnable (unreasonable). (various references) | |
German | unverschämt (abandoned, barefaced, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, brazen faced, brazenly, contumelious, exorbitant, impertinent, impertinently, impudent, impudently, insolent, insolently, insulting, nervy, obscene, offensive, offensively, outrageous, rude, sassy, saucy, tacky, unashamedly, unblushing, unconscionably, wicked). (various references) | |
Greek | παράλογοσ (absonant, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, reasonless, senseless, unreasonable), ασυνείδητοσ (conscienceless, remorseless, unscrupulous). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לא מוסרי (immoral), ב 'ו" למצפון. (various references) | |
Hungarian | lelkiismeretlen (conscienceless, have no conscience, unprincipled, unscrupulous). (various references) | |
Italian | eccessivo (exaggeratedly, excessive, extreme, fulsome, inordinate, lavish, overdone, steep, undue). (various references) | |
Manx | neuchooinsheansagh (inconscionable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onscionableuncay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sem consciência (conscienceless, unscrupulous, unwitting), pouco escrupuloso (unscrupulous), injusto (cammed, causeless, inequitable, one-sided, partial, uncharitable, undeserved, undue, unfair, unjust, unrighteous, wrong, wrongful), exorbitante (cammed, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, racking, steep, unreasonable), excessivo (exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, fulsome, immoderate, inordinate, out-of-the-way, over, overabundant, overdone, overpowering, prohibitive, racking, rampant, redundant, steep, superfluous, supervacaneous, too, ultra, unbounded, undue), enorme (big, bloodcurdling, cursed, deuced, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, howling, huge, immense, large, mammoth, measureless, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, rousing, stupendous, swingeing, terrific, thumping, thundering, tremendous, unco, untold, walloping, whacking, whopping). (various references) | |
Russian | чрезмерный (exacting, exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, extreme, fulsome, immoderate, inordinate, over, overextended, overweening, prodigal, profuse, prohibitive, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, undue), незаконный (adulterine, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, tortious, unlawful, unwarranted, wildcat), бессовестный (conscienceless, unabashed, unashamed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nesavestan (conscienceless, unscrupulous), beskrupulozan (unscrupulous). (various references) | |
Spanish | irrazonable (unreasonable), excesivo (exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, fulsome, immoderate, inflated, inordinate, reckless, redundant, undue, unreasonable, wasteful). (various references) | |
Swedish | skrupelfri (unprincipled, unscrupulous), samvetslös (conscienceless, unprincipled, unscrupulous), orimlig (absurd, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fantastic, fantastical, incongruous, irrational, ludicrous, preposterous, senseless, unreasonable), omåttlig (crapulent, crapulous, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, outrageous, overweening). (various references) | |
Turkish | vicdansız (cold blooded, hard-hearted, remorseless, unconscientious, unscrupulous, without remorse), mantıksız (absurd, illegitimate, illogical, implausible, impractical, inadvisable, inconsequent, inconsequential, injudicious, insensate, irrational, opaque, preposterous, senseless, unconscientious, unreasonable, unreasoning, wacky), insafsız (confiscatory, cutthroat, fell, heartless, inequitable, inhumane, iniquitous, merciless, relentless, ruthless, unconscientious, unfair, unfeeling, unjust, unkind, unmerciful, wrongful), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent), ölçüsüz (beyond measure, exceeding, excessive, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, incommensurable, inordinate, intemperate, measureless, out of all measure, unbounded, unmeasured). (various references) | |
Turkmen | naяynsap (unscrupulous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | несосвітенний (egregious, engrained), непомірний (extravagant, wide), безсовісний (conscienceless). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ho n to n vô ý, ho n to n không hợp lẽ phải táng tận lương tâm. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unconscionable": unconscionableness, unconscionablenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Unconscionable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unconcionable, unconscienable, unconsciouable, unconsionable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unconscionable" (pronounced unkÄ"nshunubul) |
| 8 | -n sh u n u b u l | unmentionable. |
| 7 | -sh u n u b u l | actionable, fashionable, fissionable, impressionable, objectionable, unfashionable. |
| 6 | -u n u b u l | abominable, determinable, imaginable, inalienable, interminable, personable, questionable, reasonable, seasonable, unimaginable, unquestionable. |
| 5 | -n u b u l | indefinable, amenable, attainable, burnable, cannibal, Combinable, definable, discernible, explainable, impregnable, sustainable, tenable, obtainable, returnable, trainable, tunable, unalienable, unattainable, unexplainable, ungovernable, unobtainable, unreasonable, unsustainable, untenable, unwinnable, winnable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, callable, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, observable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmistakable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unreachable, unreadable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-i-l-n-n-n-o-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: conscionable. | |
-4 letters: colcannons, conclusion, concubines, consonance, incunables, nucleonics, suboceanic, unsociable. | |
-5 letters: announces, balconies, binnacles, cannelons, cloisonne, cocounsel, colcannon, concubine, connubial, incunable, nonsaline, nonsocial, nucleonic, occlusion. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-e-i-l-n-n-n-o-o-s-u" | |
+4 letters: unconscionableness. | |
+5 letters: unconscionabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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