inhumane
playSimple Definition of inhumane
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: not kind or gentle to people or animals : not humane
Examples of inhumane in a sentence
<inhumane wardens who regularly ignored the crying children in their care>
<an inhumane dictator who tortured and murdered thousands of his own people>
Origin and Etymology of inhumane
Middle French inhumain & Latin inhumanus
First Known Use: 1536
INHUMANE Defined for Kids
inhumane
playDefinition of inhumane for Students
: not kind or humane <They protested the inhumane treatment of prisoners.>
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