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Definition of Inhumane
1. Adjective. Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion. "Biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
Similar to: Barbarous, Brutal, Cruel, Fell, Roughshod, Savage, Vicious, Beastly, Bestial, Brutal, Brute, Brutish, Cannibalic, Cold, Cold-blooded, Inhuman, Insensate, Pitiless, Unkind
Also: Painful
Antonyms: Humane
Derivative terms: Inhumaneness
Definition of Inhumane
1. Adjective. cruel and savage, not humane ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inhumane
1. not humane [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhumane
Literary usage of Inhumane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Huth Library: A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph by Henry Huth, Frederick Startridge Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt (1880)
"... his revenge upon their cruel and inhumane Act. To the Tune of, Fortune my Foe.
... with his revenge upon them for their cruell and inhumane act . ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... that the execution of those proclamations against the adventurers set out by
the said company was inhumane, barbarous, and against the law of nations, ..."
3. Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr. Thomas W. Field by Thomas Warren Field (1875)
"... the Devouring Waves of the Sea; amongst which they Suffered Shipwreck : And
also From the cruel Devouring Jaws of the inhumane Cannibals of Florida. ..."
4. Who are the Huns?: The Law of Nations and Its Breakers by Ernst Müller, Ernst Müller-Meiningen (1915)
"Unlawful and inhumane Methods of Conducting War Practised by the Hostile Armies
and the Governments of the Triple Entente and Belgium. ..."
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