different between unconscionable vs immoderate

English

Etymology

un- +? conscionable

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?n?k?n.??n.?.b?l/, /?n?k?n?.n?.b?l/, /?n?k?n.??n.b?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?k?n??n?b?l/, /?n?k?n?n?b?l/, /?n?k?n??nb?l/

Adjective

unconscionable (comparative more unconscionable, superlative most unconscionable)

1. Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.
   • 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, p364)

     When Roger assured him that prospects "looked very good" for a retrial, even a reversal of the verdict, since Roger had discovered "unconscionable errors" in the trial, Jackson grunted in bemusement and smiled with half his mouth.

2. Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.

   The effective rate of interest was unconscionable, but not legally usurious.

Translations

English

Etymology

From im- +? moderate.

Adjective

immoderate (comparative more immoderate, superlative most immoderate)

1. Not moderate; excessive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Translations

Latin

Adjective

immoder?te

1. vocative masculine singular of immoder?tus

References

• immoderate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• immoderate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• immoderate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette