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- DictionaryIn·hu·mane/ˌin(h)yo͞oˈmān/
adjective
- 1. without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel: "confining wild horses is inhumane"
adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˌɪn·hjuˈmeɪn / Add to word list. cruel to people or animals in not caring about their suffering or about the conditions under which they live: We have a responsibility to protect animals from inhumane treatment. (Definition of inhumane from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of INHUMANE is not humane : inhuman. How to use inhumane in a sentence.
Inhumane definition: not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.. See examples of INHUMANE used in a sentence.
adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˌɪn·hjuˈmeɪn / Add to word list. cruel to people or animals in not caring about their suffering or about the conditions under which they live: We have a responsibility to protect animals from inhumane treatment. (Definition of inhumane from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The adjective inhumane means cruel and heartless. Use it to describe terrible things like your neighbor's inhumane treatment of his hound dogs, which he leaves tied up in the yard in all kinds of weather. Whenever someone acts without considering the discomfort or pain of another person or animal, you can describe their actions as inhumane.
not human; not seeming to be produced by a human and therefore frightening. There was a strange inhuman sound. compare human, non-human, subhuman. Word Origin. See inhuman in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary See inhuman in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English. Check pronunciation: inhuman.
5 days ago · adjective. If you describe something as inhumane, you mean that it is extremely cruel. He was kept under inhumane conditions. He got his first insight into how inhumane employers can be. Synonyms: cruel, savage, brutal, severe More Synonyms of inhumane. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
