inhumane
adjective
in·hu·mane
ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈmān 
-(ˌ)yü-
: not humane : inhuman sense 1
the inhumane treatment of prisoners
inhumanely
adverb
Synonyms
- affectless
- callous
- case-hardened
- cold-blooded
- compassionless
- desensitized
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- heartless
- indurate
- inhuman
- insensate
- insensitive
- ironhearted
- merciless
- obdurate
- pachydermatous
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- slash-and-burn
- soulless
- stony
- stoney
- stonyhearted
- take-no-prisoners
- thick-skinned
- uncharitable
- unfeeling
- unmerciful
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
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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If these ranches and farms go, we will be forced to choose inhumane and environmentally poisonous factory farms.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
The only way to re-enter would be illegally by land, in conditions that are dangerous and inhumane.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The United Nations in August said Zamora was being held in conditions that may amount to torture, citing a report from a panel of experts, and called on authorities to address allegations of inhumane conditions.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Instead this tangy and terrifying agricultural extravaganza is peppered with gross-out torture that leans heavy into freaky food humor while slow-cooking its wildly inhumane kills.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
The only way to re-enter would be illegally by land, in conditions that are dangerous and inhumane.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The United Nations in August said Zamora was being held in conditions that may amount to torture, citing a report from a panel of experts, and called on authorities to address allegations of inhumane conditions.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Instead this tangy and terrifying agricultural extravaganza is peppered with gross-out torture that leans heavy into freaky food humor while slow-cooking its wildly inhumane kills.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Inhumane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inhumane. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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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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