According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
UNCONSCIONABLE
exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious
(adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; “exorbitant rent”; “extortionate prices”; “spends an outrageous amount on entertainment”; “usurious interest rate”; “unconscionable spending”
conscienceless, unconscionable
(adjective) lacking a conscience; “a conscienceless villain”; “brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless”; “an unconscionable liar”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unconscionable (comparative more unconscionable, superlative most unconscionable)
Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.
Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*con"scion*a*ble, a.
1. Not conscionable; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; as, an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size. Which use of reason, most reasonless and unconscionable, is the utmost that any tyrant ever pretended. Milton. His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen, Stalking with less unconscionable strides. Milton.
2. Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience. [Obs.] Ungenerous as well as unconscionable practices. South.
– Un*con"scion*a*ble*ness, n.
– Un*con"scion*a*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
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