unconscionable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNCON'SCIONABLE, adjective 1. Unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; as an unconscionable request or demand. 2. Forming unreasonable expectations. You cannot be so unconscionable as to expect this sacrifice on my part. 3. Enormous; vast; as unconscionable size or strides. [Not elegant.] 4. Not guided or influenced by conscience.
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