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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
Examples
The conditions in the prison were absolutely inhumane.
The conditions in the prison were absolutely inhumane.
It is inhumane to leave a sick patient without any care.
The dictator was known for his inhumane treatment of political prisoners.
I cannot believe they would subject animals to such inhumane experiments.
The torture methods used were utterly inhumane.
This workload is inhumane and needs to be addressed immediately.