1
: marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
humane prison guards
a more humane way of treating farm animals
2
: characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture : humanistic
humane studies
humanely
adverb
Examples of humane in a Sentence
It's not humane to treat animals that way.
Conditions in the prison are more humane now.
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An upstate New York humane society sent a powerful message by seeking legal repercussions when an emaciated dog came into their care.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Planning for the new humane education campus started at the end of 2019 and was slowed by the pandemic.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
But over the years, the promises of H-2A — such as humane working conditions, free housing and far better wages than back home — have been undermined by the relative ease of exploiting workers due to scant oversight of the program.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
This isn't to say that Raskin's quest for a truly humane computer has completely come to naught.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Planning for the new humane education campus started at the end of 2019 and was slowed by the pandemic.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
But over the years, the promises of H-2A — such as humane working conditions, free housing and far better wages than back home — have been undermined by the relative ease of exploiting workers due to scant oversight of the program.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
This isn't to say that Raskin's quest for a truly humane computer has completely come to naught.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for humane
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“Humane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humane. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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