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Inhumane

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Lacking pity or compassion.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. cruel and savage, not humane

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not humane; inhuman; hard-hearted; cruel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion

Word Usage

"And the illegal alien lobby says the federal government is using what it calls inhumane facilities to detain illegal aliens, even though those facilities are equipped with computers, video games and toys."

Equivalent

brutal beastly fell roughshod inhuman bestial cruel brute pitiless cold-blooded

Antonym

humane

Rhyme

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Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unchristian unethical dishonourable uncivilized unmerciful perfidious unbiblical unmoral unconscientious unscriptural