different between unconscionable vs indecent

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

in- +? decent

Adjective

indecent (comparative more indecent, superlative most indecent)

1. offensive to good taste

   Synonyms: distasteful, in bad taste, in poor taste, offensive

2. not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest or unseemly

   Synonyms: immodest, immoral, improper, unseemly

3. (criminal law) Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.

Related terms

• indecency

Translations

Anagrams

• incented

Romanian

Etymology

From French indécent, from Latin indecens.

Adjective

indecent m or n (feminine singular indecent?, masculine plural indecen?i, feminine and neuter plural indecente)

1. indecent

Declension

Related terms

• indecen??