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So unreasonable or wrong as to offend one's sense of fairness or morality.

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unconscionable

Charging the guest twice for the same room seemed unconscionable.
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The workshop's chair objected to the coordinator's hypocrisy: he had repeatedly praised transparency while concealing the conflicting promises. She considered his demand that volunteers pay an undisclosed penalty to recover their own equipment unconscionable.
From When Principles Meet Practice.
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