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inhuman

[in-hyoo-muhn, -yoo-] / ɪnˈhyu mən, -ˈyu- /


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The power of his work resides not in ideological argument or moral screed but in the observation of characters struggling to maintain their humanity in an inhuman system.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

After his audience with Macron, the pope met with bishops from the Chaldean Church of Baghdad, whom he called "signs of hope in a world marked by senseless and inhuman violence".

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Forts, where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans were once held under inhuman conditions, remain standing along the West African country's coast.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Philosophy without a biography turns inhuman; biography without a philosophy becomes inert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

When the shapeless inhuman figure sprang into the middle of the storage yard, the four Egyptians could only clutch each other in panic, too shocked for the moment to even scream.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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