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Unethical vs Unconscionable - What's the difference?

unethical | unconscionable |

As adjectives the difference between unethical and unconscionable

is that unethical is not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical while unconscionable is not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.

unethical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.
    • The corporation was accused of unethical behavior for knowingly producing a product suspected of harming health.

    Antonyms

    * ethical

    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.