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inhuman Definition

in·hu·man (in hyo̵̅o̅′mən)

adjective

not human; esp., not having the qualities considered normal to or for human beings; unfeeling, heartless, cruel, barbarous, etc.

Etymology: LME inhumayn < MFr inhumain < L inhumanus

inhuman Related Forms
in·hu′·manly adverb
inhuman Synonyms

inhuman

modif.

mean, heartless, cold-blooded; see cruel 1, 2, fierce 1, ruthless 1, 2, savage 2. See syn. study at cruel.

inhuman Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • monster: Frankly, the woman that ran the resort that we got access to the Dead Sea via, was an inhuman monster.
  • punishment: The European Union considers the death penalty as a cruel and inhuman punishment and a violation to the right to life.
  • treatment: What really shocked people was George's inhuman treatment of his wife.
  • creature: It still shows the unnamed assassin to be an unstoppable, inhuman creature of no compassion or compunction.
  • act: We all deplore the inhuman acts in Yugoslavia that preceded NATO action.
  • condition: More than 250 million children have to work in the most inhuman conditions for bare survival.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: Thus Hetty is closer to a Medea than to a repentant Magdalen and her crime makes her almost inhuman.
  • so: To think that man can be so inhuman is beyond my understanding.
  • very: Very inhuman, you may think, to want to go killing one's own descendants!
  • often: We are carrying out an often inhuman battle where the best could succumb.
  • totally: For the big yellow mass of quivering bleary cross eyed blubber bulged from the crab pot in a manner totally inhuman.
  • increasingly: An increasingly inhuman load is being dumped on the shoulders of the workers.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Of course, it does not mean that we become inhuman.
inhuman Quotes

Avant tout, les artistes sont des hommes qui veulent devenir inhumains. Aboveall, artists aremenwhowanttobecome inhuman.

—Kostrowitzki

I do not like subversion or disloyalty in any form and if I had ever seen any I would have considered it my duty to have reported it to the proper authorities.But to hurt innocent people whom I knew many years ago in order to save myself is to me inhuman and indecent and dishonorable.

—Hellman, Lillian Florence

My theme is always humanistic. Life today is junglelike†it is complex, it is inhuman in its materialism.

—Wilson, SirAngus FrankJohnstone