unconscionably

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adverb

In an unconscionable manner.

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Meanings

adverbunconscionably (comparative more unconscionably, superlative most unconscionably)

comparative more unconscionably · superlative most unconscionably

  1. In an unconscionable manner.

    Unconscionably, they and their outliers in the hard Brexit media have attempted to stifle debate and question those who demand proper scrutiny of the most significant political and economic challenge to Britain in decades.

    2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer
    1 more example

    “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

    1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Origin

Translations

French déraisonnablement
  • déraisonnablementin an unconscionable manner
German unverschämt
  • unverschämtin an unconscionable manner
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APA

unconscionably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconscionably

MLA

“unconscionably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconscionably. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconscionably,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconscionably.

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