† inconscionableadj.
Obsolete.
Not having, or not regarding, conscience; unconscionable.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > unscrupulous person > [adjective]
conscienceless?c1425
unconscienced1467
unconscionable1568
inconscionablea1599
disconscient1641
unconscientious1649
unscrupulous1803
unscrupled1813
scrupleless1823
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous
conscienceless?c1425
unconscienced1467
unconscionable1568
inconscionablea1599
conscionless1607
disconscient1641
unconscientious1649
untendera1658
unscrupulous1803
any-lengthian1805
unscrupled1813
scrupleless1823
no good1838
sharky1858
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 17 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) So inconscionable are these common people, and so little feeling have they of God.
1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iv. i Inconscionable, false woman..You cheated, trepanned, robbed, me of the five-hundred pounds!
Derivatives
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > [noun]
unconscionableness1607
unconscientiousness1674
inconscionableness1800
unscrupulousness1808
unscrupulosity1847
consciencelessness1857
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of scruple
unconscionableness1607
untendernessa1658
unconscientiousness1674
inconscionableness1800
unscrupulousness1808
unscrupulosity1847
consciencelessness1857
1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 57 There is intrinsic inconscionableness in the bargain.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > [adverb]
unconsciencely?1449
unconscionably1583
consciencelesslya1603
inconscionably1634
contraconscientiously1648
unconscientiously1649
unscrupulously1833
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adverb] > unscrupulously
unconsciencely?1449
unconscionably1583
consciencelesslya1603
inconscionably1634
unconscientiously1649
untenderly1651
unscrupulously1833
1634 Earl of Strafford Let. 29 Apr. (1739) I. 238 Most inconscionably the Landlords..had laid it upon the poor and bare Tenants.
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