inhumane
adjective
in·hu·mane
ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈmān 
-(ˌ)yü-
: not humane : inhuman sense 1
the inhumane treatment of prisoners
inhumanely
adverb
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
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The two are accused of the war crime of causing excessive incidental harm to civilians and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts.
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Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
The construction of that facility in the remote and ecologically sensitive wetland about 45 miles west of downtown Miami is alarming environmentalists, as well as human rights advocates who have slammed the plan as cruel and inhumane.
—Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The Miami Herald reported in March how the Trump administration’s increase in immigration detentions were driving inhumane conditions at the Krome facility, as the center became overcrowded.
—Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Enforcing immigration policy does not have to be inhumane, but the Trump administration is gloating in the very barbarity.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025
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Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
The construction of that facility in the remote and ecologically sensitive wetland about 45 miles west of downtown Miami is alarming environmentalists, as well as human rights advocates who have slammed the plan as cruel and inhumane.
—Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The Miami Herald reported in March how the Trump administration’s increase in immigration detentions were driving inhumane conditions at the Krome facility, as the center became overcrowded.
—Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Enforcing immigration policy does not have to be inhumane, but the Trump administration is gloating in the very barbarity.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025
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“Inhumane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inhumane. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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inhumane
adjective
in·hu·mane
ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈmān
-(ˌ)yü-
: not humane : inhuman sense 1
inhumane treatment of prisoners
inhumanely
adverb
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