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INHUMANE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Example:
biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used
Classified under:
Similar:
barbarous; brutal; cruel; fell; roughshod; savage; vicious ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering)
beastly; bestial; brutal; brute; brutish (resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility)
cannibalic (marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage)
cold; cold-blooded; inhuman; insensate (without compunction or human feeling)
pitiless; unkind (deficient in humane and kindly feelings)
Also:
painful (causing physical or psychological pain)
Attribute:
humaneness (the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals))
Antonym:
humane (marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering)
Derivation:
inhumaneness (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
