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Definition of inhumane adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inhumane

adjective
 
/ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn/
 
/ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn/
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  1. not caring about the pain or problems of other people or animals; very cruel synonym callous
    • inhumane treatment of animals/prisoners
    opposite humane
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInhumane is used with these nouns:
    • condition
    • treatment
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    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.).
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