inhuman

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in·hu·man | \ (ˌ)in-ˈhyü-mən

, -ˈyü- \

Definition of inhuman

1a : lacking pity, kindness, or mercy : savage an inhuman tyrant

b : cold, impersonal his usual quiet, almost inhuman courtesy— F. Tennyson Jesse

c : not worthy of or conforming to the needs of human beings inhuman living conditions

2 : of or suggesting a nonhuman class of beings

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He let out an inhuman moan. She had an almost inhuman desire to succeed.

Recent Examples on the Web To be gracious and accepting of these changes feels inhuman, impossible. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 3 May 2021 America's outlook on justice remains broken, barbaric and inhuman. — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 20 May 2021 There are the portrayals of collaborators with the Japanese as inhuman scum and glorification of the Communist Party (both Russian and Chinese versions). — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021 These Covid rules are a mess, inhuman and contain no fairness. — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021 FC Kaiserslautern's name, history, values and the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in the defense of inhuman slogans and ideologies. — Aleks Klosok, CNN, 1 Apr. 2021 Journalists couldn’t call criminal defendants animals or inhuman monsters, but Walsh could. — Rachel Monroe, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2021 One of the most visibly racist, sexist, and inhuman tropes to emerge out of Western imperial history, this woman nonetheless hardly registers in the public consciousness as someone who has suffered discrimination. — Anne Anlin Cheng, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2021 The simple answers of martyrdom and atonement are here eschewed for more complex questions of when might the human become inhuman? — Sarah-tai Black, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021

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