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Infamous vs Unconscionable - What's the difference?

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Infamous is a related term of unconscionable.


As adjectives the difference between infamous and unconscionable

is that infamous is having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad while unconscionable is not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.

infamous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad
    • He was an infamous traitor.
    He was an infamous perjurer.
  • causing infamy; disgraceful
    • This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
  • (archaic) in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.

    • Derived terms

    * infamously * infamousness * infamy

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary

    unconscionable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.
  • * 2001 , , 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.
  • Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.
    • The effective rate of interest was unconscionable , but not legally usurious.