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inhumane

inhumane
Adjective
comp: more inhumanesup: most inhumane

This term describes a severe lack of compassion or a violation of basic decency, often evoking a sense of moral outrage. It is typically used in legal, ethical, or political discourses to condemn treatment that strips a living being of its dignity or causes unnecessary suffering.

While "cruel" often describes the intent to cause pain, "inhumane" focuses on the failure to meet a minimum standard of humaneness. It is frequently applied to systemic issues, such as prison conditions or animal husbandry, where the environment itself is deemed unacceptable by societal standards.

Meanings

Adjectiveinhumane

Lacking humanity, compassion, or benevolence; cruel.

The prisoners were kept in inhumane conditions for months.

Adjectiveinhumane

Contrary to the standards of human decency or the basic rights of living beings.

Many activists argue that keeping large mammals in small cages is inhumane.

Examples

The conditions in the prison were absolutely inhumane.

The conditions in the prison were absolutely inhumane.

History

Keeping a large dog in a tiny cage is inhumane.

Keeping a large dog in a tiny cage is inhumane.

It is inhumane to leave a sick patient without any care.

It is inhumane to leave a sick patient without any care.

Health

How can you be so inhumane to your own people?

Fantasy

The dictator was known for his inhumane treatment of political prisoners.

The dictator was known for his inhumane treatment of political prisoners.

History

I cannot believe they would subject animals to such inhumane experiments.

I cannot believe they would subject animals to such inhumane experiments.

The torture methods used were utterly inhumane.

The torture methods used were utterly inhumane.

Detective

This workload is inhumane and needs to be addressed immediately.

This workload is inhumane and needs to be addressed immediately.

Office

He felt that the laws of the empire were inhumane and oppressive.

He felt that the laws of the empire were inhumane and oppressive.

Fantasy

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