- Also: inhumane /ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn/ lacking humane feelings, such as sympathy, understanding, etc; cruel; brutal
- not human
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in•hu•man /ɪnˈhyumən/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- cruel;
brutal;
unfeeling:an inhuman master. - not human;
strange:inhuman forms peering through the windows.
in•hu•man
(in hyo̅o̅′mən or, often, -yo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation adj.
in•hu′man•ly, adv.
in•hu′man•ness, n.
- lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like;
cruel;
brutal:an inhuman master. - not suited for human beings.
- not human.
- Latin. See in-3, human
- Middle French
- Latin inhūmānus; replacing late Middle English inhumain
- 1475–85
in•hu′man•ness, n.
- 1. unfeeling, unsympathetic, cold, callous, hard, savage, brutish.
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inhuman /ɪnˈhjuːmən/ adj
'inhuman' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cannibalism
- monster
- unnatural
- abhominable
- animal
- barbarity
- barbarous
- bestial
- black
- bloody
- brutal
- inhumane
- inhumanity
- kindless