inhumane
pronunciation
How to pronounce inhumane in British English:
UK [ˌɪnhju:ˈmeɪn]
How to pronounce inhumane in American English:
US [ˌɪnhjuˈmen]
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- Adjective:
- lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Word Origin
- inhumane (adj.)
- late 15c., from Latin inhumanus (see inhuman). Originally a variant spelling and pronunciation of inhuman, it appears to have died out 17c. but been revived c. 1822 as a negative form of humane.
Example
- 1. Into this setting steps the hero , " v " played by hugo weaving a man who had been brutalized by statist functionaries , and who is intent on destroying this most inhumane , fascistic state .
- 2. Their detention is arbitrary and inhumane .
- 3. To negotiate changes to their inhumane conditions .
- 4. In their time those ideas decried working conditions that the west now considers to be simply inhumane .
- 5. There is no doubt in my mind that factory farming is cruel , inhumane and non-sustainable .