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inhuman

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in⋅hu⋅man

  [in-hyoo-muhn or, often, -yoo-]
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–adjective
1. lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
2. not suited for human beings.
3. not human.
Origin:
1475–85; < L inhūmānus; r. late ME inhumain < MF < L. See in- 3 , human

Related forms:
in⋅hu⋅man⋅ly, adverb
in⋅hu⋅man⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. unfeeling, unsympathetic, cold, callous, hard, savage, brutish.
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in·hu·man   (ĭn-hyōō'mən)   
adj.  

    1. Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel. See Synonyms at cruel.

    2. Deficient in emotional warmth; cold.

  2. Not suited for human needs: an inhuman environment.

  3. Not of ordinary human form; monstrous.

in·hu'man·ly adv., in·hu'man·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

inhuman 
c.1477 (implied in inhumanity), from L. inhumanus "inhuman, savage, cruel," from in- "not" + humanus "human." Spelled inhumane till 18c. (see humane).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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