inhumane
[in-hyoo-meyn or, often, -yoo-]
- not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
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Origin of inhumane
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for inhumane
Contemporary Examples
Not to those in power, not to the cruel and inhumane, not to the wealthy.
Sir, Mr. Davutoğlu, in the meantime, with its inhumane actions, ISIS commits atrocities.
Most of these institutions were inhumane, and advocates had been writing for more than 100 years urging for their closure.
“We were told his conditions were horrific and inhumane,” one Congressional aid told The Daily Beast.
The capricious and inhumane imprisoning of the feminist activists from Pussy Riot.
Historical Examples
To do so brusque and, as it seemed to Hilary, so inhumane a thing was foreign to his nature.
FraternityJohn Galsworthy
So the brawl passed with no other casualty than might seem comic to the inhumane.
In the South SeasRobert Louis Stevenson
The slaves were a caste, but the laws regarding them were exact and not inhumane.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & AssyriaLewis Spence
Or that it is the Prerogative of Lords to be unjust and inhumane?
A modern prison is always inhuman, even when it is not inhumane.
All Things ConsideredG. K. Chesterton
Word Origin and History for inhumane
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper