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subhuman

[suhb-hyoo-muhn or, often, -yoo-]

Origin

adjective

less than or not quite human.

almost human: In some respects, the porpoise is subhuman.

Origin:
1785–95; sub- + human

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subhuman (sʌbˈhjuːmən)

—*adj*
1.	of, relating to, or designating animals that are below man (Homo sapiens) in evolutionary development
2.	less than human

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subhuman

1793, adj., from sub- + see human. The noun is first recorded 1957.

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