[每日] unconscionable (a) 無理的
Word of the Day (Sunday January 25, 2009)
unconscionable \uhn-KON-shuh-nuh-buhl\, adjective:
Pronunciation: http://ppt.cc/KnVY
1. not influenced or guided by conscience
2. very great
Hastert also took aim at the rich pay package for Exxon Mobil
Corp.'s retired chief executive, which he called "unconscionable."
-- Steven Mufson and Timothy Dwyer, The Washington Post, 2006-04-22
THE U.S. SUPREME Court on Wednesday executed an unconscionable
U-turn on abortion, upholding a restrictive federal law that is
virtually indistinguishable from a Nebraska statute it struck
down only seven years ago.
-- LA Times, 2007-04-19
by 1570, "showing no regard for conscience," from un- (1) + now
rare conscionable "conscientious" (1549), from conscioned "having
a conscience."
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