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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
Instead, they are unlawfully used as bargaining chips in POW exchanges and suffer inhumane treatment while in confinement.
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Tanya Lokshina, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2025
Titled 731 Biochemical Revelations in English, the film tells the story of Chinese victims of the Japanese Imperial Army Unit 731's inhumane medical experiments.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
To state the obvious, starving innocent civilians as a weapon of war is inhumane and criminal.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
President Trump’s recent executive order on homelessness is an inhumane response to one of our nation’s most urgent social challenges.
—Greg Anglea, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Tanya Lokshina, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2025
Titled 731 Biochemical Revelations in English, the film tells the story of Chinese victims of the Japanese Imperial Army Unit 731's inhumane medical experiments.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
To state the obvious, starving innocent civilians as a weapon of war is inhumane and criminal.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
President Trump’s recent executive order on homelessness is an inhumane response to one of our nation’s most urgent social challenges.
—Greg Anglea, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhumane
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Sweeney stars as Penny Jo, a South Dakota diner waitress with an appealing smile, an ingratiating stammer, a scarf in her hair, and deep reserves of ruthless ambition.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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Early in his career, Trump apprenticed himself to Roy Cohn, an unprincipled lawyer who taught the young Donald how to gain wealth and influence through ruthless bullying, profane braggadocio, opportunistic bigotry, baseless lawsuits, lying, and more lying.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
21 Aug. 2025
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The series centers on a group of kids with latent or emerging special abilities who are subjected to cruel experiments at the mysterious institute of the title, along with a local cop (Ben Barnes) whose story intersects with that of the kids.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Aug. 2025
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Auggie isn’t a cruel, withholding bigot, but a stable and loving parent.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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Hollywood loves a polarizing star with a merciless marketing punch that sells.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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There’s little doubt Curtis Windom perpetrated an unjustifiable evil, killing three people, including his girlfriend and her mother, shooting them in merciless fashion on Feb. 7, 1992 in Winter Garden.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 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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At the world’s southern edge, where nature is brutal and time stands still, hunters, herders and families endure the cold and solitude as ghosts roam the pampa.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
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 27 Aug. 2025.
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