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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
inhumane wardens who regularly ignored the crying children in their care
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as in cruel
having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others
an inhumane dictator who tortured and murdered thousands of his own people
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Recent Examples of inhumane
Overcrowded and inhumane conditions at Biden-era detention facilities were widely reported and condemned.
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Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
Casas effectively promised a kinder and gentler arrest, prior to abandoning our students and colleagues to ICE’s increasingly inhumane detention and deportation procedures.
—Philip Stoddard, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The horse carriage industry has long been a source of controversy in New York, with animal rights activists condemning the practice as inhumane, while TWU and other supporters of workers say banning it would destroy livelihoods.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
For example, should the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of African-American History and Culture keep Chuck Berry’s red Cadillac on display but remove the cabin from South Carolina’s Edisto Island that housed generations of enslaved people under inhumane conditions?
—William C. Hine, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
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Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
Casas effectively promised a kinder and gentler arrest, prior to abandoning our students and colleagues to ICE’s increasingly inhumane detention and deportation procedures.
—Philip Stoddard, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The horse carriage industry has long been a source of controversy in New York, with animal rights activists condemning the practice as inhumane, while TWU and other supporters of workers say banning it would destroy livelihoods.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
For example, should the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of African-American History and Culture keep Chuck Berry’s red Cadillac on display but remove the cabin from South Carolina’s Edisto Island that housed generations of enslaved people under inhumane conditions?
—William C. Hine, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhumane
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The film takes place in the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, watching as ruthless prisoner Federico Carrasco takes control of the Huntsville Penitentiary.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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And, if hate doesn't come from inside the show itself, Black women are forced to endure online hate from ruthless fans.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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That is a particularly egregious example of how the Trump Administration has been gratuitously cruel to the Sudanese.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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Stacy, Tim’s wife, also died of pancreatic cancer five months later in February of 2024, a cruel hand for a family that for years had gone above and beyond in their efforts to raise money and awareness for cancer research.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
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Her fateful decision proves to have great consequences, and Jude tracks her subsequent guilt trip with merciless humanity, echoing Rossellini’s Europa ’51.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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People often hear the word budget and think of dieting –– punishment, restriction and merciless cost cutting.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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A day after a brutal collision with the railing near the camera well — and a camera — Freddy Fermin is back behind the plate and batting ninth in a lineup identical to Friday’s.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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The course is a brutal, out-and-back journey of 100 miles through Colorado’s rugged high country, demanding over 15,000 feet of climbing.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Feeling profoundly betrayed and abandoned by David, Rebecca’s loyalty lies with the vicious and conniving Juno, the only family she’s known for the last decade.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Nothing could possibly go wrong with all the vicious alien specimens on board, right?—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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“Inhumane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumane. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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