inhumane
not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
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Origin of inhumane
1Other words from inhumane
- in·hu·mane·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with inhumane
- inhuman, inhumane
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How to use inhumane in a sentence
Public officials considered this a matter of fairness, Lowe writes, and in fact incarcerated women also tend to see the firefighting work program as a desirable alternative to the inhumane conditions of prison.
The Incarcerated Women Risking Their Lives to Fight Wildfires | smurguia | August 21, 2021 | Outside OnlineRidiculous accusations, lack of access to independent defense lawyers, inhumane torture.
Jailed Journalist in Russia Says He Falsely Confessed After Electric Shock Torture | Julia Davis | May 28, 2021 | The Daily BeastThe seizure comes as the Lowes, who operated the facility formerly run by imprisoned “Tiger King” star Joe Exotic, are accused of inhumane treatment and ongoing violations of the Endangered Species Act.
Civil rights activists argued that the institutions were inhumane.
History's Lesson for Activists Who Want to Defund the Police | Sarah E. Ryan | April 20, 2021 | Time“It is easier for judges and prosecutors to order people detained under inhumane conditions when no one is looking,” the campaign said.
Once incarcerated, these women are keeping courts accountable — with help from students, retirees and Fiona Apple | Katie Mettler | April 9, 2021 | Washington Post
Not to those in power, not to the cruel and inhumane, not to the wealthy.
Sir, Mr. Davutoğlu, in the meantime, with its inhumane actions, ISIS commits atrocities.
Dear Turkish PM: It’s Time to Act to Save Kobani’s Kurds | Bahman Ghobani | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost of these institutions were inhumane, and advocates had been writing for more than 100 years urging for their closure.
They were housed in terrible conditions, packed into small rooms, and forced to work inhumane, long hours with little food.
“We were told his conditions were horrific and inhumane,” one Congressional aid told The Daily Beast.
4 of ‘Taliban 5’ Will Likely Fight Again, U.S. Spies Say | Eli Lake, Kimberly Dozier | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA memory hangs about me of the House in the early afternoon, an inhumane desolation inhabited almost entirely by silk hats.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsI suppose it's inhumane, but mine is a monstrously interesting trade, even in a little place like this.
The Trees of Pride | G.K. ChestertonBut old soldiers are not usually inhumane—on the contrary, they are often very gentle beings.
Another Sheaf | John GalsworthyBut artifice was necessary, he had found, for stemming the cold and inhumane blast of the world's contempt.
Jude the Obscure | Thomas HardyThis is inhumane, but no one ever considered war a school of humanity—still less civil war.
Dictatorship vs. Democracy | Leon Trotsky
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