unconscionablenessn.

1607 S. Hieron Def. Ministers Reasons 179 Observe further, his unconscionablenes and whether..he hath not sold himselfe to speake he careth not what.

1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 173 A cover-slut of idleness, ignorance, and unconscionableness.

1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 380 Are not the most conscientious, necessary helpers of the Ministry, by their example, to cure the unconscionableness of the rest?

1712 J. Anderson Curat Calder Whipt 15 Now, good Reader, Behold the unconscionableness of this Wretch.

1799 tr. I. Kant Metaphysic of Morals II. Introd. Ethics p. xxxix Unconscionableness is not a want of conscience, but a propensity not to attend to its judgment.

1838 M. Samuels tr. M. Mendelssohn Jerusalem II. i. 25 To forbear discharging compulsory duties, is wrong and unjust; whereas the omission of conscientious duties is only unconscionableness.

1895 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 18 May ii. 1/5 The unconscionableness of such a policy..is sufficient to condemn it at once in the eyes of the American people.

1914 Times 23 Jan. 3/3 The court said nothing as to whether the questions of excessive interest and harshness and unconscionableness ought to have been left to the jury.

1960 Harvard Law Rev. 73 944 If the contract is not invalid by reason of unconscionableness, then..it is relevant to consider the relative bargaining positions of the parties.

2010 P. Mäntysaari Law of Corporate Finance II. v. 122 There are mandatory exceptions to the main rule in the case of illegality, unconscionableness, fraud, duress, or mistake.