inhuman

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

ADJECTIVE

animal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barbaric barbarous brutal cold-blooded cruel hateful heartless inhumane malicious merciless ruthless savage vicious

WEAK

bestial cannibalistic devilish diabolical fell ferocious fiendish fierce grim implacable malign malignant mean pitiless relentless remorseless truculent uncompassionate unfeeling unkind unrelenting unsympathetic wolfish

Antonyms

STRONGEST

civilized compassionate considerate feeling friendly gentle giving good kind merciful nice pleasant polite sympathetic thoughtful

WEAK

human

Example Sentences

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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

Otherwise, his lack of curiosity about his son was inhuman.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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