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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
inhumane wardens who regularly ignored the crying children in their care
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as in cruel
having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others
an inhumane dictator who tortured and murdered thousands of his own people
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Recent Examples of inhumane
In November, animal welfare groups filed federal lawsuits against the plan in Oregon and Washington calling the strategy inhumane and alleging violations of federal laws.
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Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
And some would posit, in some ways, and inhumane choice to compel.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
The training was, by modern standards, inhumane and grueling.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Immigration-policy reform is overdue, but forcibly deporting millions of undocumented migrants would be both indecent and inhumane.
—Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
And some would posit, in some ways, and inhumane choice to compel.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
The training was, by modern standards, inhumane and grueling.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Immigration-policy reform is overdue, but forcibly deporting millions of undocumented migrants would be both indecent and inhumane.
—Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhumane
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Be ruthless with your time Top performers who guard their calendar like their bank account report higher satisfaction levels and better business outcomes.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Rendezvous Views The Island has been infused with an abundance of Bars, and now every opportunist is out to hit the jackpot including the ruthless crime kingpin Fletcher Kane.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Even then, the final late twist with the penalty felt particularly cruel.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, Still Alice highlights the cruel nature of the illness, where a person can still feel present while simultaneously losing pieces of themselves, creating a unique kind of grief.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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The most intriguing of the Japanese cast is Kasamatsu (a principal character on Max’s Tokyo Vice) as Major Nakamura, a thoughtful man who seems resistant to Colonel Kota’s instruction to be more merciless.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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The temptation is too much for a merciless monarch to resist and she's briefed on the details of the team's counter-terrorism assignment.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The occasional injury is unavoidable in a tournament where the intensity is this high, but that doesn’t make the outcome any less brutal for Theodore and the Golden Knights. 4.—
Sean McIndoe,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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While mourning the loss of their child, Marcus discovers that Ammara’s younger brother Chet, a promising Muay Thai boxer, owes money to a local crime boss — forcing him to participate in a series of brutal underground fights orchestrated by charismatic Nigerian gangster Tiga (Hounsou).—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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More than 80 women went public with horrific tales of his brutal, coercive and punishing tactics, including launching vicious, career-crippling smear campaigns against those who eluded him, from Mira Sorvino to Ashley Judd.—
Scott Huver,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rushdie has since spoken out about the stabbing Rushdie, 77, testified in the Chautauqua County, New York trial and detailed the vicious attack that upended his life.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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“Inhumane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumane. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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