unconscionable

[US]/ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbl/
[UK]/ʌnˈkɑːnʃənəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ohne Gewissen; unvernünftig; übermäßig

Example Sentences

an unconscionable rogue

ein skrupelloser Schurke

the unconscionable conduct of his son.

das skandalöse Verhalten seines Sohnes.

He kept me waiting an unconscionable time.

Er ließ mich unverhältnismäßig lange warten.

shareholders have had to wait an unconscionable time for the facts to be established.

Die Aktionäre mussten eine unzumutbare Zeit warten, bis die Fakten festgestellt wurden.

It has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom — Free Trade.

Es hat den persönlichen Wert in Tauschhandel umgewandelt und anstelle der unzähligen unveräußerlichen, durch Gesetz geschützten Freiheiten die einzige, skandalöse Freiheit geschaffen — Freien Handel.

Real-world Examples

It is unconscionable that people have to take these treacherous journeys.

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2015

This is unconscionable. There's not enough power to move those elevators?

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 2

What is this? Do you want to know how Diane told me she finished? What is this unconscionable lie?

Source: Genius girl

Threatening water supplies and also home heating in the dead of winter is simply unconscionable, said Ms. Nauert.

Source: VOA Daily Standard December 2017 Collection

It is unconscionable, unconscionable, that Sophia, and millions like her in this country, don't have access to birth control like this.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Cinderella was unconscionable, but this is just flagrant.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) July 2023 Collection

" There is an unconscionable old shark for you" !

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

This waste is unconscionable, but it also offers an opportunity.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) September 2020 Collection

They were really unconscionable conditions with very little air circulation or light.

Source: 99% unknown stories

What this firm did to that woman was unconscionable.

Source: Lawsuit Duo Season 2

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