inhumane

[in-hyoo-meyn, -yoo-]

adjective

1. not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.

Other Word Forms

• inhumanely adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inhumane¹

1590–1600; variant of inhuman; in- ³, humane

Example Sentences

On arrival in Athens, the Swedish activist told reporters that the GSF had been "the biggest ever attempt to break Israel's illegal and inhumane siege by sea".

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Our government is shoving tens of thousands of people into detention centers to endure inhumane conditions.

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“Those are horrible, inhumane, dangerous times. Black, brown and poor people die at a higher rate than they should have because they didn’t have access to healthcare.”

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Mr Sharabi says he was taken into Hamas' network of tunnels, where he describes spending months with three other hostages in cramped, inhumane conditions with little sanitation or food.

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‘What you trying to do to me is almost inhumane and foul at the highest level,’ Ray J wrote in a post directed at Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian.

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Related Words

• brutal 
• cold-blooded 
• cruel 
• heartless 
• merciless 
• pitiless 
• remorseless 
• ruthless 
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• unfeeling 
• unsympathetic