inhumane
adjective
in·hu·mane
ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈmān 
-(ˌ)yü-
: not humane : inhuman sense 1
the inhumane treatment of prisoners
inhumanely
adverb
Examples of inhumane in a Sentence
inhumane wardens who regularly ignored the crying children in their care
an inhumane dictator who tortured and murdered thousands of his own people
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Guantanamo's sordid past includes top secret torture facilities, the inhumane treatment of Haitian asylum seekers fleeing political violence, a concentration camp for people with HIV, and ongoing brutalization of Muslim detainees after 9/11 who were famously waterboarded and otherwise tortured.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
And that strikes me as dangerous and unsustainable and also inhumane.
—Rachel Cohen, Vox, 18 Feb. 2025
Often, a political leader’s comments are what make an issue newsworthy, such as when President Joe Biden apologized in October 2024 for the inhumane conditions in Native American boarding schools run by the U.S. federal government until the 1960s.
—Anita Varma, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025
For nearly that long, Netherlands’ capital and most populous city has avoided public dialogue about Dutch peoples’ inhumane treatment of Black people during Dutch colonial history.
—Ron Stodghill, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
And that strikes me as dangerous and unsustainable and also inhumane.
—Rachel Cohen, Vox, 18 Feb. 2025
Often, a political leader’s comments are what make an issue newsworthy, such as when President Joe Biden apologized in October 2024 for the inhumane conditions in Native American boarding schools run by the U.S. federal government until the 1960s.
—Anita Varma, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025
For nearly that long, Netherlands’ capital and most populous city has avoided public dialogue about Dutch peoples’ inhumane treatment of Black people during Dutch colonial history.
—Ron Stodghill, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Inhumane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inhumane. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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inhumane
adjective
in·hu·mane
ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈmān
-(ˌ)yü-
: not humane : inhuman sense 1
inhumane treatment of prisoners
inhumanely
adverb
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