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Meaning of 'inhuman' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inhuman [ a.]
- Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
- Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment.

Meaning of 'inhuman' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inhuman [ s]
Meaning (1):
- belonging to or resembling something nonhuman
Example in sentence:
  • a babel of inhuman noises;
  • something dark and inhuman in form
Meaning (2):
- without compunction or human feeling
Example in sentence:
  • cold-blooded killing;
  • in cold blood;
  • insensate destruction

Nearby Words:

inhabile inhability inhabit inhabitable inhabitance inhabitancy inhabitant inhabitate inhabitation inhabitativeness

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