inhumane

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inhumane

lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.; cruel to animals; brutal

Not to be confused with:

inhuman – unfeeling, not sympathetic, savage; not suited for human beings; not human

in·hu·mane

(ĭn′hyo͞o-mān′)

adj.

Lacking pity or compassion.

in′hu·mane′ly adv.

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in•hu•mane

(ˌɪn hyuˈmeɪn; often -yu-)

adj.

not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.

in`hu•mane′ly, adv.

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Adj.

inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"

painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

humane - marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

inhumane

adjective cruel, savage, brutal, severe, harsh, grim, unkind, heartless, atrocious, unsympathetic, hellish, depraved, barbarous, pitiless, unfeeling, uncompassionate He was kept in inhumane conditions.

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Translations

قاسٍ، عَديم الرَّحْمَه

krutý

grusomumenneskelig

unmenschlich

inhumano

cruel

embertelen

ómannúîlegur

nehumaniškainehumaniškas

necilvēcīgsnehumāns

inhuman

zalim

不仁慈的残忍的

inhumane

[ˌɪnhjʊ(ː)ˈmeɪn] ADJ [behaviour, treatment] → inhumano; [person] → cruel

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inhumane

[ˌɪnhjʊˈmeɪn] adj [treatment, conditions] → inhumain(e)

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inhumane

adj → inhuman; treatment, housing → menschenunwürdig

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inhumane

[ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn] adj → inumano/a

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inhumane

(inhjuˈmein) adjective

unkind or cruel. inhumane treatment of prisoners-of-war.

ˌinhuˈmanely adverb

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She led a hard life, and somewhat inhumane. One old frequenter of these woods remembers, that as he passed her house one noon he heard her muttering to herself over her gurgling pot -- "Ye are all bones, bones!" I have seen bricks amid the oak copse there.

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