Definition of Inhumane

1. Adjective. Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion. "Biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"


Definition of Inhumane

1. Adjective. cruel and savage, not humane ¹

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Definition of Inhumane

1. not humane [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhumane

inhomogeneous
inhomogeneously
inhomogenous
inhoop
inhooped
inhooping
inhoops
inhospitable
inhospitableness
inhospitably
inhospitalities
inhospitality
inhouse
inhuman
inhuman treatment
inhumane (current term)
inhumanely
inhumaneness
inhumanities
inhumanity
inhumanly
inhumanness
inhumannesses
inhumate
inhumated
inhumates
inhumating
inhumation
inhumations
inhume

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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