Synonyms for unconscionable
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Unjustifiable — excessive, imprudent or unreasonable
unjustifiable, exorbitant, egregious, excessive, unreasonable, shocking, usurious, extortionate, inordinate, immoderate, steep, extravagant
2. Outrageous — not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.
- adj. 2
Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.
The effective rate of interest was unconscionable, but not legally usurious.
Example sentences
- excessive The government's expenditures are a bit excessive.
- egregious This is an egregious example of tax avoidance.
- exorbitant Originally, the salesman named an exorbitant price.
- unjustifiable Dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is unjustifiable.
- unconscientious How can someone be so unconscientious?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unconscionable | steady | |
| excessive | falling | |
| egregious | rising | |
| exorbitant | falling | |
| unjustifiable | falling | |
| conscienceless | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- steep1
- 7 letters
- immoral3
- 8 letters
- shocking2, usurious
- 9 letters
- excessive3, unethical4, egregious3
- 10 letters
- outrageous3, exorbitant4, inordinate4, immoderate
- 11 letters
- extravagant4
- 12 letters
- unreasonable4, extortionate4
- 13 letters
- unjustifiable6
- 14 letters
- conscienceless
- 15 letters
- unconscientious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (immoral3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
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