unconscionableadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/ˌʌnˈkɒnʃn̩əbl/,

/ˌʌnˈkɒnʃ(ə)nəbl/,

/ˌʌŋˈkɒnʃn̩əbl/,

/ˌʌŋˈkɒnʃ(ə)nəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈkɑnʃ(ə)nəbəl/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and conscionable adj.; also 1600s unconsci'nable; also Scottish pre-1700 unquencionable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, conscionable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + conscionable adj. Compare inconscionable adj. With the use as adverb compare earlier unconscionably adv.

A. adj.

a. Of actions, behaviour, etc.: showing no regard for conscience; not in accordance with what is right or reasonable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > [adjective]

unconscienced1467

unconscionable1492

conscienceless?1587

conscionless1607

unconscientious1657

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective]

unrighteOE

unrightfulOE

wronga1275

wrongfulc1325

wrongous1357

unjustc1384

untrue1393

injustc1430

unreasonablec1440

unconscionable1492

injuriousa1513

wry1561

justless1578

iniquous1655

iniquitous1726

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous > specifically of actions, etc.

unconscionable1492

conscienceless?1587

unconscientious1657

unscrupulous1803

unconscienced1888

1492 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 21 It is an vnconcyonable dede to kepe a power house of relygyon from theyr dute by myght of power.

1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 79 Was not thys a goodly councell then? The cause so vnlawfull?.. The order so vnconscionable?

1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 115/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Which he rather of pleasure vttered, than of any vnconscionable meaning purposed to haue done.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. 1251 Ev'n in our Court of Conscience, some things are Unconscionable.

1653 W. Prynne Gospel Plea 14 It must needs be most unjust, unreasonable, unconscionable, and against the common rules of war.

1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (1676) 145 The errour..is so much the more unconscionable, because it gives the buyer so much less than his due.

1738 A. Hill Let. to Pope 29 Aug. in Wks. (1753) I. 296 When I remember'd you had read it four times, I found not enough of the Poet, within me, to presume the unconscionable fifth.

1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. xiv. 425 So difficult was even this, in an affair so dark and unconscionable.

1828 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. (1850) 95 They plundered their pantries in a most unconscionable manner.

1890 Spectator 19 July St. Kevin's behaviour on a famous occasion was not quite so unconscionable as that attributed to him by Moore.

1921 E. Starr Hist. Cherokee Indians x. 214 To say that the acts referred to were oppressive and unconscionable is not exaggeration to say the least.

1999 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 17/4 Coming from a public official elected to the highest office of this state, his comments are unconscionable.

b. Unreasonably excessive; exorbitant. Also in weakened sense: extremely or unbelievably large, long, etc.; inordinate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree > excessive in degree

unmeasurablea1398

dismeasurec1400

dismeasurable1477

dismeasured1483

over1494

endlya1513

intolerable1544

wide1574

overloading1576

unconscionable1576

meanless1587

powerable1588

hyperbolical1589

extravagant1598

grievous1632

flagrant1634

exorbitant1648

overbearinga1708

unbalanced1712

well-favoured1746

steep1856

thick1884

ripe1918

1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard Ep. Ded. sig. g.iij The Lawyer wilbe in a wonderfull heate, to heare his double dealings, his dilatorie delayes, and vnconscionable aduauntages disclosed.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xv. sig. K3^v She tooke the aduauntage one daye vppon Phalantus vnconscionable praysinges of her.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. E2 Deformedly rent in peeces by an vnconscionable number of curres.

1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 295 That wrongfull and vnconscionable raunsome.

1654 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) II. 264 Such is their unconscionable exaction uppon strangers.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1245 His Giantship is gone somewhat crest-fall'n, Stalking with less unconsci'nable strides, And lower looks.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxiii. 151 What an unconscionable jointure, my dear, do we pay out of this small estate of ours.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. x. 112 This letter not being of so unconscionable a length as the former.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 328 We are out unconscionable sums just for barkened hides and leather.

1871 ‘Holme Lee’ Miss Barrington II. xiii. 203 He had stayed an unconscionable time—had made her quite a visitation.

1921 Spectator 9 Apr. 455/1 A ‘Magicoal’ electric fire, a device which..deceives our short-sighted friends into believing that we are burning an unconscionable amount of the best coal.

1976 Time 27 Dec. 2/2 The inefficiency of revenue collection is horrendous and the odds for winning are unconscionable.

2005 P. D. James Lighthouse iv. vi. 277 It had seemed an unconscionable time before Maycroft managed to free himself from his other preoccupations.

c. As an intensifier: outrageous, arrant; flagrant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated

woefula1400

mortalc1425

preciousc1475

fine1559

trim1569

gay1581

unconscionable1590

pocky1601

abominable1612

fearful1634

handsome1638

plaguey1694

dreadful1700

awfy1724

murrain1728

diabolical1750

deuced1782

dire1836

sinful1863

sodding1881

blooming1882

flaming1895

ruddy1896

abysmal1904

awful1916

hellishing1927

right1958

steaming1962

schwag1993

1590 G. Gifford Plain Declar. 88 Maister Greenewood..could be content (but that as he saith to answere vnconscionable slaunders) to stay in the first argument.

1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 14 To blabb such vnconscionable vntrothes.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. F4 Tearing out the bowelles of his brethren, with vsurie, extortion, and vnconscionable brokerie.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. i. 143 It seems not onely an ungentile harshness, but an unconscionable injustice.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. ix. §14 657 A due Reward of unconscionable Cheating.

1778 London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. Mar. 216 His unconscionable imposition upon Christian people in picking their pockets of a shilling for a few trumpery conjectures not worth a halfpenny.

1835 Army & Navy Chron. 6 Aug. 252/1 The first section..of the act..is..converted into an instrument of the grossest fraud and unconscionable extortion by some keepers of sailor boarding houses.

1893 H. H. Young Conversat. between Rabbi of Boarding House & Company Intelligent Ladies & Gentlemen xix. 362 In spite of their unconscionable knavery, their expertness in sophistry and falsehood..enable them to retain influential stations.

1901 E. A. Farrington Compar. Materia Medica 53 It is an unconscionable mistake to insert tobacco among the foods.

2010 J. P. Othmer Holy Water 86 Yesterday? That is an absolutely unconscionable lie.

d. Law. Of a contract, bargain, etc.: grossly unfair, esp. to a weaker party, and therefore liable to be set aside or modified by a court.

ΚΠ

a1631 R. Bolton Short Disc. conc. Vsury (1637) 35 His contract neverthelesse is unequall, and unconscionable.

1765 Monthly Rev. Aug. 109 His executors brought a bill to be relieved against the defendant's demand, as an unconscionable demand, and an usurious contract.

1877 Observer 3 June 5/1 The Vice-Chancellor has declared the bargain made by the late Mr. Jabez Tepper to be an unconscionable contract which could not be sustained.

1966 Jrnl. Afr. Law 10 59 The appellant's pleadings were wide in the extreme, alleging fraud, unconscionable bargain, undue influence, waiver, estoppel, trespass and detinue.

2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Dec. ii. 33/5 If, for example, these are contracts of adhesion—meaning that they're presented as non-negotiable—and if they are found to be fundamentally unfair, then they could potentially be ruled unconscionable.

a. Having no conscience; acting or inclined to act without regard for what is right; unscrupulous, esp. out of avarice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > unscrupulous person > [adjective]

conscienceless?c1425

unconscienced1467

unconscionable1568

inconscionablea1599

disconscient1641

unconscientious1649

unscrupulous1803

unscrupled1813

scrupleless1823

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous

conscienceless?c1425

unconscienced1467

unconscionable1568

inconscionablea1599

conscionless1607

disconscient1641

unconscientious1649

untendera1658

unscrupulous1803

any-lengthian1805

unscrupled1813

scrupleless1823

no good1838

sharky1858

1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. xii. f. 141^v Others there are so proud, & shameles, such tatlers, & vile persons, & so vnconscionable with all.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H1 Least these cunning barbers might seeme vnconscionable in asking much for their paines.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. iii. 430/1 None were rich but Treasurers and Collectors, none in fauour but vnconscionable Lawyers.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel To Rdr. p. i You cannot be so Unconscionable, as to charge me for not Subscribing of my Name.

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. 15 Unconscionable old Wretch, Bribe me with my own Money.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xvii. 56 How can that unconscionable coachman talk so much bawdy to that lean horse?

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 242 Sometimes the unconscionable editors will clip our paragraphs.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate i What an unconscionable old slave-holder!.. Why do you submit to such an imposition?

1938 F. C. Lockwood Apache Indians xi. 204 Unconscionable Indian traders; grafting officeholders; and inefficient, inexperienced Indian agents.

1984 R. M. Pyle Audubon Soc. Handbk. for Butterfly Watchers xv. 186 I have personally known certain island or bog populations of butterflies to be seriously reduced or wiped out by unconscionable collectors.

2010 Timaru (N. Z.) Herald (Nexis) 29 Jan. 11 Robin Baum called the hoax the work of an irresponsible and unconscionable person, especially since children and families are involved.

b. As an intensifier: despicable, contemptible; (in weakened sense) complete, utter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute > of something bad or reprobated > of a person

arrant1393

errant1393

starka1470

unconscionable1591

omnipotent1596

incarnative1598

run devil1786

incarnate1820

blithering1889

1591 J. Greenwood Briefe Refut. in H. Barrow Plaine Refut. Giffardes Bk. 234 We shal in stead of conflicting with a beater of the ayre, and vnconscionable sclanderous rayler, demand the end and vse of his labours.

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxxviii. 395 Barnabe Vicount of Millane,..was an vnconscionable oppressor of his subjects and tenants.

1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. D4^v He is an insatiable cormorant,..a mercilesse mony-monger,..and vnconscionable Extortioner.

a1677 M. Clifford Notes Dryden's Poems (1687) ii. 7 You are therefore a strange unconscionable Thief.

1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. xviii. 86 I am an unconscionable Beggar.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xvii. 303 Your excellency may perceive what a shameless and unconcionable rogue it is.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. iii. 354 Unconscionable dogs! Where do they expect to go when they die?

1893 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 307 Who, may I ask, is the unconscionable idiot who..marries a beautiful girl only to leave her alone to the tender mercies of any chapter of accidents?

1941 J. T. Flynn Men of Wealth v. 201 Vanderbilt agreed to name two associates of Drew, two of the most unconscionable rogues ever thrown up by American business.

2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xvii. 242 I could not possibly list all the mendacious shitwads and unconscionable scum.

B. adv.

= unconscionably adv. 2. Chiefly colloquial and nonstandard in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately

too971

unimeteOE

unmethelyOE

overmetec1225

un-i-methc1225

unmeetly?c1225

unmethc1225

overgarta1333

outrageouslya1387

outrageousc1390

unreasonablyc1400

outragelya1425

unmoderately?a1425

inordinatelyc1450

unrulilyc1456

dismeasurably1474

immoderately1482

overharda1500

unreasonable1535

furiously1555

intemperately1576

overliberally1578

unconscionably1583

unconscionable1596

exorbitantlya1635

undulya1779

owdaciously1848

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2 Tis an vnconscionable vast gorbellied Volume.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. ii. 153 Y'have laid upon th' Ungrateful Nation: Be us'd s' unconscionable hard, As not to find a Just Reward.

1769 Stratford Jubilee ii. ii. 21 I must make other people pay for them, and the unconscionable long credit expected by most of my quality customers.

1807 Salmagundi 1 Oct. 308 One of Christopher's unconscionable long stories.

1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 143 ‘That's an onconscionable slick gal of your'n,’ says I.

1908 M. Bryant Christopher Hibbault v. 60 He rose at an unconscionable early hour and rode in the cold winter's dawn.

2002 Sunday Express (Nexis) 13 Jan. 41 A year is an unconscionable long time when your boss is fuming.

C. n.

†1. With plural agreement. With the. Unconscionable people as a class. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun] > collectively

vulgarsa1513

worsers1581

unconscionable1607

lower class1637

the lower orders1679

worses1857

lesser breeds1897

lower depths1902

1607 R. S. Iesuites Play at Lyons 9 The vnconscionable wish now their scales had beene euener, their Waits truer, and their measure larger.

1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 264 The vnconscionable will know no other law but their profit, their pleasure.

1689 R. Baxter Eng. Nonconformity lix. 294 Will not the unconscionable do any thing for worldly Interest?

2. An unprincipled person; a rogue, a scoundrel. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > arrant

unconscionable1655

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of scruple > unscrupulous or unprincipled person

unconscionable1655

unprincipled1787

snollygoster1846

whore1871

Ned Kelly1886

Snopes1962

1655 S. Hunton King of Kings 73 He doth govern well and justly, and gives thee thy conscience, with our cautions against unconscionables under colour thereof.

1825 A. Knapp & W. Baldwin Newgate Cal. III. 496/1 One of the trading unconscionables.

1863 G. Fleming Trav. Horseback Mantchu Tartary vii. 89 A goodly number of the unconscionables even found their way on board.

1900 E. Martin Dauntless i. 8 All these spendthrift unconscionables were anxiously casting their eyes around to see whence they might obtain a renewal of supplies.

2007 Cape Times (Nexis) 5 Feb. 10 I sincerely hope that he will..continue resisting and exposing unconscionables such as those at the SABC.

Derivatives

unˌconscionaˈbility n. originally and chiefly U.S. Law = unconscionableness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun]

unrightnessOE

unrightOE

wronga1100

un-i-rightc1275

injustice1390

unreasonc1390

wrongfulnessa1400

unskilfulnessc1410

unjustnessc1443

unjusticea1475

disreason1480

unreasonablenessc1515

non-reason1597

wrongness1833

unconscionability1908

1908 Harvard Law Rev. 21 470 A court of equity, which of course has general principles against all unconscionability, whether in mortgage transactions or elsewhere.

1942 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 315 299 Without specifying that it relies on the law of any particular jurisdiction, the petitioner rests its argument on an asserted general doctrine of unconscionability at common law.

2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 12 July (Business section) 2 The arrogant unconscionability of the major banks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unconscionable
释义	unconscionableadj.adv.n. Brit. /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃn̩əbl/, /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃ(ə)nəbl/, /ˌʌŋˈkɒnʃn̩əbl/, /ˌʌŋˈkɒnʃ(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɑnʃ(ə)nəbəl/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and conscionable adj.; also 1600s unconsci'nable; also Scottish pre-1700 unquencionable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, conscionable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + conscionable adj. Compare inconscionable adj. With the use as adverb compare earlier unconscionably adv. A. adj. 1. a. Of actions, behaviour, etc.: showing no regard for conscience; not in accordance with what is right or reasonable. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > [adjective] unconscienced1467 unconscionable1492 conscienceless?1587 conscionless1607 unconscientious1657 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wronga1275 wrongfulc1325 wrongous1357 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unconscionable1492 injuriousa1513 wry1561 justless1578 iniquous1655 iniquitous1726 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous > specifically of actions, etc. unconscionable1492 conscienceless?1587 unconscientious1657 unscrupulous1803 unconscienced1888 1492 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 21 It is an vnconcyonable dede to kepe a power house of relygyon from theyr dute by myght of power. 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 79 Was not thys a goodly councell then? The cause so vnlawfull?.. The order so vnconscionable? 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 115/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Which he rather of pleasure vttered, than of any vnconscionable meaning purposed to haue done. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. 1251 Ev'n in our Court of Conscience, some things are Unconscionable. 1653 W. Prynne Gospel Plea 14 It must needs be most unjust, unreasonable, unconscionable, and against the common rules of war. 1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (1676) 145 The errour..is so much the more unconscionable, because it gives the buyer so much less than his due. 1738 A. Hill Let. to Pope 29 Aug. in Wks. (1753) I. 296 When I remember'd you had read it four times, I found not enough of the Poet, within me, to presume the unconscionable fifth. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. xiv. 425 So difficult was even this, in an affair so dark and unconscionable. 1828 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. (1850) 95 They plundered their pantries in a most unconscionable manner. 1890 Spectator 19 July St. Kevin's behaviour on a famous occasion was not quite so unconscionable as that attributed to him by Moore. 1921 E. Starr Hist. Cherokee Indians x. 214 To say that the acts referred to were oppressive and unconscionable is not exaggeration to say the least. 1999 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 17/4 Coming from a public official elected to the highest office of this state, his comments are unconscionable. b. Unreasonably excessive; exorbitant. Also in weakened sense: extremely or unbelievably large, long, etc.; inordinate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree > excessive in degree unmeasurablea1398 dismeasurec1400 dismeasurable1477 dismeasured1483 over1494 endlya1513 intolerable1544 wide1574 overloading1576 unconscionable1576 meanless1587 powerable1588 hyperbolical1589 extravagant1598 grievous1632 flagrant1634 exorbitant1648 overbearinga1708 unbalanced1712 well-favoured1746 steep1856 thick1884 ripe1918 1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard Ep. Ded. sig. g.iij The Lawyer wilbe in a wonderfull heate, to heare his double dealings, his dilatorie delayes, and vnconscionable aduauntages disclosed. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xv. sig. K3^v She tooke the aduauntage one daye vppon Phalantus vnconscionable praysinges of her. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. E2 Deformedly rent in peeces by an vnconscionable number of curres. 1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 295 That wrongfull and vnconscionable raunsome. 1654 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) II. 264 Such is their unconscionable exaction uppon strangers. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1245 His Giantship is gone somewhat crest-fall'n, Stalking with less unconsci'nable strides, And lower looks. View more context for this quotation 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxiii. 151 What an unconscionable jointure, my dear, do we pay out of this small estate of ours. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. x. 112 This letter not being of so unconscionable a length as the former. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 328 We are out unconscionable sums just for barkened hides and leather. 1871 ‘Holme Lee’ Miss Barrington II. xiii. 203 He had stayed an unconscionable time—had made her quite a visitation. 1921 Spectator 9 Apr. 455/1 A ‘Magicoal’ electric fire, a device which..deceives our short-sighted friends into believing that we are burning an unconscionable amount of the best coal. 1976 Time 27 Dec. 2/2 The inefficiency of revenue collection is horrendous and the odds for winning are unconscionable. 2005 P. D. James Lighthouse iv. vi. 277 It had seemed an unconscionable time before Maycroft managed to free himself from his other preoccupations. c. As an intensifier: outrageous, arrant; flagrant. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated woefula1400 mortalc1425 preciousc1475 fine1559 trim1569 gay1581 unconscionable1590 pocky1601 abominable1612 fearful1634 handsome1638 plaguey1694 dreadful1700 awfy1724 murrain1728 diabolical1750 deuced1782 dire1836 sinful1863 sodding1881 blooming1882 flaming1895 ruddy1896 abysmal1904 awful1916 hellishing1927 right1958 steaming1962 schwag1993 1590 G. Gifford Plain Declar. 88 Maister Greenewood..could be content (but that as he saith to answere vnconscionable slaunders) to stay in the first argument. 1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 14 To blabb such vnconscionable vntrothes. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. F4 Tearing out the bowelles of his brethren, with vsurie, extortion, and vnconscionable brokerie. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. i. 143 It seems not onely an ungentile harshness, but an unconscionable injustice. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. ix. §14 657 A due Reward of unconscionable Cheating. 1778 London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. Mar. 216 His unconscionable imposition upon Christian people in picking their pockets of a shilling for a few trumpery conjectures not worth a halfpenny. 1835 Army & Navy Chron. 6 Aug. 252/1 The first section..of the act..is..converted into an instrument of the grossest fraud and unconscionable extortion by some keepers of sailor boarding houses. 1893 H. H. Young Conversat. between Rabbi of Boarding House & Company Intelligent Ladies & Gentlemen xix. 362 In spite of their unconscionable knavery, their expertness in sophistry and falsehood..enable them to retain influential stations. 1901 E. A. Farrington Compar. Materia Medica 53 It is an unconscionable mistake to insert tobacco among the foods. 2010 J. P. Othmer Holy Water 86 Yesterday? That is an absolutely unconscionable lie. d. Law. Of a contract, bargain, etc.: grossly unfair, esp. to a weaker party, and therefore liable to be set aside or modified by a court. ΚΠ a1631 R. Bolton Short Disc. conc. Vsury (1637) 35 His contract neverthelesse is unequall, and unconscionable. 1765 Monthly Rev. Aug. 109 His executors brought a bill to be relieved against the defendant's demand, as an unconscionable demand, and an usurious contract. 1877 Observer 3 June 5/1 The Vice-Chancellor has declared the bargain made by the late Mr. Jabez Tepper to be an unconscionable contract which could not be sustained. 1966 Jrnl. Afr. Law 10 59 The appellant's pleadings were wide in the extreme, alleging fraud, unconscionable bargain, undue influence, waiver, estoppel, trespass and detinue. 2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Dec. ii. 33/5 If, for example, these are contracts of adhesion—meaning that they're presented as non-negotiable—and if they are found to be fundamentally unfair, then they could potentially be ruled unconscionable. 2. a. Having no conscience; acting or inclined to act without regard for what is right; unscrupulous, esp. out of avarice. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > unscrupulous person > [adjective] conscienceless?c1425 unconscienced1467 unconscionable1568 inconscionablea1599 disconscient1641 unconscientious1649 unscrupulous1803 unscrupled1813 scrupleless1823 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous conscienceless?c1425 unconscienced1467 unconscionable1568 inconscionablea1599 conscionless1607 disconscient1641 unconscientious1649 untendera1658 unscrupulous1803 any-lengthian1805 unscrupled1813 scrupleless1823 no good1838 sharky1858 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. xii. f. 141^v Others there are so proud, & shameles, such tatlers, & vile persons, & so vnconscionable with all. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H1 Least these cunning barbers might seeme vnconscionable in asking much for their paines. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. iii. 430/1 None were rich but Treasurers and Collectors, none in fauour but vnconscionable Lawyers. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel To Rdr. p. i You cannot be so Unconscionable, as to charge me for not Subscribing of my Name. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. 15 Unconscionable old Wretch, Bribe me with my own Money. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xvii. 56 How can that unconscionable coachman talk so much bawdy to that lean horse? 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 242 Sometimes the unconscionable editors will clip our paragraphs. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate i What an unconscionable old slave-holder!.. Why do you submit to such an imposition? 1938 F. C. Lockwood Apache Indians xi. 204 Unconscionable Indian traders; grafting officeholders; and inefficient, inexperienced Indian agents. 1984 R. M. Pyle Audubon Soc. Handbk. for Butterfly Watchers xv. 186 I have personally known certain island or bog populations of butterflies to be seriously reduced or wiped out by unconscionable collectors. 2010 Timaru (N. Z.) Herald (Nexis) 29 Jan. 11 Robin Baum called the hoax the work of an irresponsible and unconscionable person, especially since children and families are involved. b. As an intensifier: despicable, contemptible; (in weakened sense) complete, utter. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute > of something bad or reprobated > of a person arrant1393 errant1393 starka1470 unconscionable1591 omnipotent1596 incarnative1598 run devil1786 incarnate1820 blithering1889 1591 J. Greenwood Briefe Refut. in H. Barrow Plaine Refut. Giffardes Bk. 234 We shal in stead of conflicting with a beater of the ayre, and vnconscionable sclanderous rayler, demand the end and vse of his labours. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxxviii. 395 Barnabe Vicount of Millane,..was an vnconscionable oppressor of his subjects and tenants. 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. D4^v He is an insatiable cormorant,..a mercilesse mony-monger,..and vnconscionable Extortioner. a1677 M. Clifford Notes Dryden's Poems (1687) ii. 7 You are therefore a strange unconscionable Thief. 1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. xviii. 86 I am an unconscionable Beggar. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xvii. 303 Your excellency may perceive what a shameless and unconcionable rogue it is. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. iii. 354 Unconscionable dogs! Where do they expect to go when they die? 1893 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 307 Who, may I ask, is the unconscionable idiot who..marries a beautiful girl only to leave her alone to the tender mercies of any chapter of accidents? 1941 J. T. Flynn Men of Wealth v. 201 Vanderbilt agreed to name two associates of Drew, two of the most unconscionable rogues ever thrown up by American business. 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xvii. 242 I could not possibly list all the mendacious shitwads and unconscionable scum. B. adv. = unconscionably adv. 2. Chiefly colloquial and nonstandard in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately too971 unimeteOE unmethelyOE overmetec1225 un-i-methc1225 unmeetly?c1225 unmethc1225 overgarta1333 outrageouslya1387 outrageousc1390 unreasonablyc1400 outragelya1425 unmoderately?a1425 inordinatelyc1450 unrulilyc1456 dismeasurably1474 immoderately1482 overharda1500 unreasonable1535 furiously1555 intemperately1576 overliberally1578 unconscionably1583 unconscionable1596 exorbitantlya1635 undulya1779 owdaciously1848 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2 Tis an vnconscionable vast gorbellied Volume. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. ii. 153 Y'have laid upon th' Ungrateful Nation: Be us'd s' unconscionable hard, As not to find a Just Reward. 1769 Stratford Jubilee ii. ii. 21 I must make other people pay for them, and the unconscionable long credit expected by most of my quality customers. 1807 Salmagundi 1 Oct. 308 One of Christopher's unconscionable long stories. 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 143 ‘That's an onconscionable slick gal of your'n,’ says I. 1908 M. Bryant Christopher Hibbault v. 60 He rose at an unconscionable early hour and rode in the cold winter's dawn. 2002 Sunday Express (Nexis) 13 Jan. 41 A year is an unconscionable long time when your boss is fuming. C. n. †1. With plural agreement. With the. Unconscionable people as a class. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun] > collectively vulgarsa1513 worsers1581 unconscionable1607 lower class1637 the lower orders1679 worses1857 lesser breeds1897 lower depths1902 1607 R. S. Iesuites Play at Lyons 9 The vnconscionable wish now their scales had beene euener, their Waits truer, and their measure larger. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 264 The vnconscionable will know no other law but their profit, their pleasure. 1689 R. Baxter Eng. Nonconformity lix. 294 Will not the unconscionable do any thing for worldly Interest? 2. An unprincipled person; a rogue, a scoundrel. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > arrant unconscionable1655 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of scruple > unscrupulous or unprincipled person unconscionable1655 unprincipled1787 snollygoster1846 whore1871 Ned Kelly1886 Snopes1962 1655 S. Hunton King of Kings 73 He doth govern well and justly, and gives thee thy conscience, with our cautions against unconscionables under colour thereof. 1825 A. Knapp & W. Baldwin Newgate Cal. III. 496/1 One of the trading unconscionables. 1863 G. Fleming Trav. Horseback Mantchu Tartary vii. 89 A goodly number of the unconscionables even found their way on board. 1900 E. Martin Dauntless i. 8 All these spendthrift unconscionables were anxiously casting their eyes around to see whence they might obtain a renewal of supplies. 2007 Cape Times (Nexis) 5 Feb. 10 I sincerely hope that he will..continue resisting and exposing unconscionables such as those at the SABC. Derivatives unˌconscionaˈbility n. originally and chiefly U.S. Law = unconscionableness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] unrightnessOE unrightOE wronga1100 un-i-rightc1275 injustice1390 unreasonc1390 wrongfulnessa1400 unskilfulnessc1410 unjustnessc1443 unjusticea1475 disreason1480 unreasonablenessc1515 non-reason1597 wrongness1833 unconscionability1908 1908 Harvard Law Rev. 21 470 A court of equity, which of course has general principles against all unconscionability, whether in mortgage transactions or elsewhere. 1942 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 315 299 Without specifying that it relies on the law of any particular jurisdiction, the petitioner rests its argument on an asserted general doctrine of unconscionability at common law. 2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 12 July (Business section) 2 The arrogant unconscionability of the major banks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.n.1492
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