Vocabulary

Unconscionable

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
not right or reasonable.
Urdu meaning
بے اصول، بے ضمیر، ناقابل جواز
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. Communities in climate-vulnerable regions are showing remarkable resilience, but it is unconscionable that they are left to fend for themselves against forces of nature that grow more destructive by the year.
  2. The `we cherish our values` West finds nothing unconscionable in this.
  3. He spoke candidly about unconscionable coercion, abductions, and harassment used by some forces to ensure the speediest promulgation of the 26th Amendment.
  4. Gaza is in cinders, leaving an unconscionable toll of a perpetually violated people, but not without wounding and unnerving the tormentors.
  5. This is an unconscionable state of affairs in any civilised society.
Synonyms
unethical, amoral, immoral, unprincipled, indefensible, wrong, unscrupulous, unfair

Antonyms
ethical, acceptable
Curator example
“the unconscionable conduct of his son”

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