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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1616
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Unconstyonat, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. (euill) conscioned (1541).] Unscrupulous. —1616 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 298.
To protect him from the maney ingures of so maney malishtyus, unconstyonat peple that are continewalley plotinge his hurt