inhuman

Definitions


[ɪnˈhjuːmən], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric
(e.g: the inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners)

- not human in nature or character
(e.g: the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs)


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Origin:
late Middle English (originally as inhumane): from Latin inhumanus, from in- ‘not’ + humanus (see human)




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