inhumane
adjective/ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn/
/ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn/
- not caring about the pain or problems of other people or animals; very cruel synonym callous
- inhumane treatment of animals/prisoners
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInhumane is used with these nouns:- condition
- treatment
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘inhuman, brutal’): originally a variant of inhuman (rare after 1700); in modern use from in- ‘not’ + humane (the current sense dating from the early 19th cent.).Want to learn more?
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