Definitions for INHUMAN
ɪnˈhyu mən; often -ˈyu-in·hu·man

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensateadjective

   without compunction or human feeling

   "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

2. inhumanadjective

   belonging to or resembling something nonhuman

   "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inhumanadjective

   Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INHUMANadjective

   Barbarous; savage; cruel; uncompassionate.

   Etymology: inhumain, Fr. inhumanus, Latin.

   A just war may be persecuted after a very unjust manner; by perfidious breaches of our word, by inhuman cruelties, and by assassinations. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   The more these praises were enlarged, the more inhuman was the punishment, and the sufferer more innocent. Gulliver's Travels.

   Princes and peers attend! while we impart
   To you the thoughts of no inhuman heart. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

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1. inhuman

   Inhuman usually refers to something lacking qualities of compassion, kindness, empathy, or the positive and humane characteristics typically associated with human beings. It may refer to acts of extreme cruelty, savagery, or barbarity that go against established norms of human behavior and ethics. The term can also be used to describe conditions or situations that are extremely harsh or intolerable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Inhumanadjective

   destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people

2. Inhumanadjective

   characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Inhuman

   in-hū′man, adj. barbarous: cruel: unfeeling.—n. Inhuman′ity, the state of being inhuman: barbarity: cruelty.—adv. Inhū′manly.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of INHUMAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of INHUMAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of INHUMAN in a Sentence

1. Said Boumedouha:

   The world’s spotlight is shining on Saudi Arabia. If authorities ignore widespread criticism and unashamedly continue with the flogging of Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia would be demonstrating contempt for international law and disregard for world opinion, flogging and other forms of corporal judicial punishment violate the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. By continuing to dole out this inhuman punishment the Saudi Arabian authorities are flagrantly flouting basic human rights principles.

2. Interior Amade Miquidade:

   Once more, our country continues to be the object of aggression by the terrorists, namely in the province of Cabo Delgado, where they've enforced cruel, inhuman, atrocious acts against our population.

3. Mark Twain:

   A verb has a hard enough time of it in this world when it is all together. It's downright inhuman to split it up. But that's what those Germans do. They take part of a verb and put it down here, like a stake, and they take the other part of it and put it a way over yonder like another stake, and between these two limits they just shovel in German.

4. Judy Rabinovitz:

   It's got to be stopped, it's illegal and inhuman, and hopefully that's what the judge will do.

5. Steven Spielberg:

   I couldn't imagine based on the story that we told that an audience would tolerate just the amount of violence, human against human. Or inhuman against human.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=INHUMAN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inhuman
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=INHUMAN
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/INHUMAN
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=INHUMAN