Sentence examples for unconscionable practice from inspiring English sources

The third-grade retention plan was initially designed to hold back youngsters on the basis of a single test, a truly unconscionable practice.

And Bachelet said while the US – which was on the council until it withdrew earlier this year – had "halted the unconscionable practice of separating immigrant children", it had still not reunited more than 500 children with their parents.

Not only did Goldman mislead, it engaged in the unconscionable practice of betting against clients -- or, in banker-speak, hedged -- as in the Abacus mortgage loan scandal (also here).

On April 9, 2013, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which President John F. Kennedy declared to be the end of the "unconscionable practice of paying female employees less wages than male employees for the same job" when he signed it.

This could lead readers to assume that any school in the for-profit category is guilty of the deceptive, unconscionable practices described.

We can avoid or overcome friction by focusing on how to give new momentum to the struggle against these unconscionable practices.

Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, is urging David Cameron to use Britain's chairmanship of the G8 to end some of the "unconscionable" practices of companies exploiting Africa's vast reserves of natural resources.

They must make their voices heard and join the call to end these unconscionable practices making their way to the front pages of almost every hometown paper.

In this context, the reforms are merely a deceptive tactic to shield the government from growing criticism of its unconscionable practices.

More broadly, and taken to their logical extent, these new laws targeting and profiling certain groups brush against the unconscionable practices of "ethnic cleansing" that have been universally condemned under international law.

It prohibits the use of "any unconscionable commercial practice, deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, or the knowing concealment, suppression, or omission of any material fact with intent that others rely upon such concealment, suppression or omission".