Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-CON'SCION-A-BLE
UN-CON-SCI-EN'TIOUSUN-CON'SCION-A-BLE-NESS
UN-CON'SCION-A-BLE, a.
- Unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; as, an unconscionable request or demand. L'Estrange.
- Forming unreasonable expectations. You can not be so unconscionable as to expect this sacrifice on my part.
- Enormous; vast; as, unconscionable size or strides. [Not elegant.]
- Not guided or influenced by conscience. South.
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