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. Pope Francis:

   I would like to pray together with you for the victims of the inhuman terrorist acts carried out in the past few days in Australia, Pakistan and Yemen.

2. John Berger:

   One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and disillusioned is precisely because, when the abstract idealism has worn thin, they are uncertain about the value of the actual lives of the patients they are treating. This is not because they are callous or personally inhuman: it is because they live in and accept a society which is incapable of knowing what a human life is worth.

3. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee:

   Violence or fear of violence reduces the freedom and development of everyone particularly, International Women and children. But more than that, it diminishes our society when it allows such inhuman treatment of International Women rather than guarantee International Women safety, security and equal rights, international Women Day, let us all,( the) government, civil society and public at large, pledge to work together for developing relevant legal, administrative and other measures to ensure the safety and security of our mothers and sisters.

4. Judge Bernard Schwartz:

   Maybe they'll become a scientist and discover a cure for some disease, or go be a doctor or first responder, and save someone's life. Maybe they'll enter the military and protect our country, the selfish, cruel and inhuman treatment of your own children has deprived them, your family, your friends and society -- and especially both of you -- of those gifts.

5. 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.

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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
   https://chat.openai.com
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