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- Dictionaryinhuman/ɪnˈhjuːmən/
adjective
- 1. lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric: "the inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners" Similar Opposite
- 2. not human in nature or character: "the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs" Similar Opposite
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extremely cruel; lacking in or not influenced by human feeling: In those days war movies always portrayed the enemy as fanatical, even inhuman. (Definition of inhuman from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of inhuman. inhuman.
The meaning of INHUMAN is lacking pity, kindness, or mercy : savage. How to use inhuman in a sentence.
If someone behaves in a way that shows no compassion, you could describe that person and his or her actions as inhuman. A teacher who assigns six hours of homework every night might be seen as inhuman.
Inhuman definition: lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal. See examples of INHUMAN used in a sentence.
If you describe someone or something as inhuman, you mean that they are strange or bad because they do not seem human in some way.
not showing sympathy or kind feelings for people who are suffering; very cruel What she proposes is positively inhuman! The photos showed inhuman and degrading conditions.
1. Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel or indifferent: inhuman treatment of the prisoners. 2. Not suited for human needs: "The monks sat ... in inhuman quiet" (Maura O'Halloran). 3. Not of ordinary human nature, form, or character: "The woman ... lets out a squeal, a strange pig-squeal, completely inhuman" (Ashley Warlick).
