unconscionable

unconscionable ([schwa]n-kon-sh[schwa]-n[schwa]-b[schwa]l), adj.

1. (Of a person) having no conscience; unscrupulous (an unconscionable used-car salesman).

2. (Of an act or transaction) showing no regard for conscience; affronting the sense of justice, decency, or reasonableness (the contract is void as unconscionable). Cf. CONSCIONABLE. [Cases: Contracts

1. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 2–3, 9, 12.]

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