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adjective
Etymology: Middle French inhumain & Latin inhumanus
Date: 1536
not humane ; inhuman 1 <the inhumane treatment of prisoners> • inhumanely adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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inhumane — in hu*mane ([i^]n h[=u]*m[=a]n ), adj. not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inhumane — index cold blooded, cruel, harsh, ruthless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
inhumane — late 15c., from L. inhumanus (see INHUMAN (Cf. inhuman)). Originally a variant spelling and pronunciation of inhuman, it appears to have died out 17c. but been revived c.1822 as a negative form of HUMANE (Cf. humane) … Etymology dictionary
inhumane — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel. DERIVATIVES inhumanely adverb … English terms dictionary
inhumane — [in΄hyo͞o mān′] adj. [ IN 2 + HUMANE] not humane; unmoved by the suffering of others; cruel, brutal, unkind, etc. inhumanely adv … English World dictionary
inhumane — inhuman, inhumane The difference in meaning between these two words corresponds to that between human and humane (see human, humane). Inhuman means ‘lacking the qualities proper to human behaviour; cruel, brutal’, whereas inhumane denotes a lack… … Modern English usage
inhumane — [[t]ɪ̱nhjʊme͟ɪn[/t]] ADJ GRADED 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. Ant: humane … English dictionary
inhumane — in|hu|mane [ˌınhju:ˈmeın] adj extremely cruel and causing unacceptable suffering ▪ the inhumane treatment of political prisoners ▪ I was shocked by the inhumane conditions. >inhumanely adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
inhumane — adjective causing too much suffering and therefore considered cruel and unacceptable: inhumane treatment/conditions/laws etc: the inhumane treatment of political prisoners inhumanely adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
inhumane — adj. Inhumane is used with these nouns: ↑condition, ↑treatment … Collocations dictionary
