How to Use unconscionable in a Sentence

unconscionable

adjective
  • They have had to endure unconscionable delays.
  • But Gilliam didn't find the 30-day opt-out clause or other parts of the agreement to be unconscionable.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2023
  • And of course, that’s going to be the most unconscionable thing for someone like Bass, and that’s what leads to the showdown.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In the midst of the H.I.V. epidemic, a lengthy drug-approval process seemed unconscionable.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • Those of us who are parents shouldn’t be the only ones who find that unconscionable.
    Vanities, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was unconscionable.
    Patricia Thomson, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
  • On the other, the consequences of Ukraine losing the war could be unconscionable for the rest of Europe.
    Luke McGee, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Road work adds an unconscionable time to what should predictable drives.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
  • To add some sort of shame and demonization on top of all that is just unconscionable.
    Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2019
  • For Sharpton to suggest that a ban may cost Biden Black votes is unconscionable.
    Richard Boykin, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
  • For a life to be taken when something is preventable is unconscionable to me.
    Ashley Halsey Iii, The Washington Post, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • To try nothing in the face of routine massacre is unconscionable.
    Edward Felsenthal, Time, 26 May 2022
  • And then the other guy who’s been accused of doing some unconscionable s---.
    Tim Rohan, SI.com, 29 June 2018
  • Newspapers like the Gazette do vital work, and our thoughts are with them amid this unconscionable tragedy.
    Catherine Rentz, baltimoresun.com, 29 June 2018
  • That’s unconscionable — and we at Planned Parenthood won’t stand for it.
    Cecile Richards, Time, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The pressure the parties put on their members is unconscionable.
    Alaska Dispatch News, 31 July 2017
  • This is key to closing the unconscionable Black/ white achievement gap in our district (the largest in all of Arkansas).
    Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2020
  • So, down 4 with the entire fourth quarter left, a fake punt inside your 30 is unconscionable.
    Dallas News, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The failure of tech companies to stop it is unconscionable.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN, 20 July 2021
  • Even without the backdrop of a pandemic, racing across the country to set a record in 2020 is unconscionable and dumb.
    Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 9 Apr. 2020
  • To rip that promise away, these people say, would be unconscionable.
    Bethany Barnes, OregonLive.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Imagine how much more unconscionable that would feel if the city of Houston hadn’t been lucky enough to get an expansion team in 2002.
    Conor Orr, SI.com, 28 June 2019
  • In fact, scores of young police officers have died brutal and unconscionable deaths at the hands of the gangs, including G9, in the past two years.
    Amy Wilentz, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • What happened – and is still happening – to our children over the last two years is unconscionable.
    Kyle Morris, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The Bears are good, but their state tournament victories of 3-0 and 4-1 were far from unconscionable blowouts.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2017
  • The slaughter, rapes and cruelty of death were unconscionable.
    For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2024
  • Turning away anyone — adult or child — in need of food would be unconscionable, said Beutner.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • But the notion that ratepayers should pay even part of the penalty for PG&E’s misdeeds remains unconscionable.
    Mercury News Editorial Board, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Make no mistake about what's at stake here: firing Rosenstein would be the same unconscionable assault on the rule of law as firing Mueller.
    Alessia Grunberger, CNN, 14 Apr. 2018
  • What makes this particularly unconscionable is that often those sports fans have already subsidized the billionaires’ businesses through misguided state and local stadium tax incentives.
    Jonathan Knee, Sportico.com, 19 June 2024

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