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unconscionable

[uhn-kon-shuh-nuh-buhl] / ʌnˈkɒn ʃə nə bəl /


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“They’re unconscionable, and should serve as a turning point in California’s failed state prison system, and the way they handle these types of allegations.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

It has poured money into youth development, splurged on a state of the art training facility, and ponied up unconscionable sums to attract leading coaches from Germany, Italy and, oddly, Sweden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

In such a system, Levy warned, the law is used to make the unconscionable “legal.”

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026

A Cabinet Office source said: "The fact that selective excerpts are now being resurfaced, almost a decade on, to substantiate vexatious anonymous briefings from disgruntled individuals is frankly unconscionable."

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

The Corcorans were thoughtless but this was unconscionable; those monsters, I thought, those imbeciles, they just went off and left it here all by itself.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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