inhuman

[ in-hyoo-muhn or, often, -yoo- ]

/ ɪnˈhyu mən or, often, -ˈyu- /

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adjective

lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.

not suited for human beings.

not human.

OTHER WORDS FOR inhuman

1 unfeeling, unsympathetic, cold, callous, hard, savage, brutish.

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Origin of inhuman

First recorded in 1475–85; from Latin inhūmānus; replacing late Middle English inhumain, from Middle French, from Latin; see origin at in-³, human

OTHER WORDS FROM inhuman

in·hu·man·ly, adverbin·hu·man·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH inhuman

1. inhuman , inhumane2. inhuman , unhuman

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How to use inhuman in a sentence

It is a creepy sound, inhumanly high-pitched and strangely clipped and emphatic: “S-s-eeg maheevoh s-s-speeree.”
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the family box in front of the TV cameras, the Palins were assembled, looking inhumanly gorgeous and well-groomed.
The Palin Girls Don't Share|Meghan McCain|September 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Give me none of your logical madness; whatever standard you adopt, do not reason so inhumanly.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
Yea, in the full gaze of inhumanly large policemen would he do these things.
Bunker Bean|Harry Leon Wilson

In this way they showed that they knew they had acted not only inhumanly but foolishly.
The Post of Honour|Richard Wilson
For you have treated me so inhumanly, that I have some reason to resent it.
Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18)|John Dryden
Her moral worth holds man in some restraint and preserves his ways from becoming inhumanly corrupt.
Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women|George Sumner Weaver

British Dictionary definitions for inhuman

inhuman

/ (ɪnˈhjuːmən) /

adjective

Also: inhumane (ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn) lacking humane feelings, such as sympathy, understanding, etc; cruel; brutal

not human

Derived forms of inhuman

inhumanely, adverbinhumanly, adverbinhumanness, noun

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