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. Amnesty International Iran researcher:

   This punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity, meting out cruel and inhuman retribution punishments is not justice. Blinding, like stoning, amputation and flogging, is a form of corporal punishment prohibited by international law. Such punishments should not be carried out under any circumstances.

2. Red Crescent:

   No foreign cash help has been given to the Iranian Red Crescent society. With attention to the inhuman American sanctions, there is no way to send this cash assistance.

3. Ron Wyden:

   This is an area where the American people strongly believe… that Vladimir Putin has forfeited with his inhuman conduct the right to normal trade relations.

4. 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.

5. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu:

   Which steps they take, we will take 10 times more action. We are not afraid of this, but their doings are really inhuman.

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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