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Superfluous vs Unconscionable - What's the difference?

superfluous | unconscionable |

As adjectives the difference between superfluous and unconscionable

is that superfluous is in excess of what is required or sufficient while unconscionable is not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.

superfluous

English

Adjective

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  • In excess of what is required or sufficient.
    • With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous .

    Synonyms

    * excessive, extraneous, extra, pleonastic, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, extravagant

    Coordinate terms

    * gratuitous

    Related terms

    * superflux * superfluity * mellifluous

    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.