Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Lacking pity or compassion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not humane; inhuman; hard-hearted; cruel.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Examples
“And the illegal alien lobby says the federal government is using what it calls inhumane facilities to detain illegal aliens, even though those facilities are equipped with computers, video games and toys.”
“Choe said she decided to defect to protest what she called inhumane treatment by top embassy officials.”
“LOS ANGELES Reuters - Thousands of inmates in up to eight California prisons have taken part in a 9-day-old hunger strike, demanding an end to what they call inhumane conditions, prison officials and an inmate advocacy group said on Tuesday.”
“A tall, tan former hog farmer named Art Norris decried what he described as the inhumane treatment of animals raised in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), the staggering amount of feces created by hogs and the number of plants already discharging into the Rock”
“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have engaged in a long-running protest over what they call inhumane treatment of chickens by Kentucky Fried Chicken.”
“The fact that she comes off ignorant about many issues, that she is a Republican, and that she likes to kill animals in inhumane ways are the factors that make me leary of her being in Politics!”
“Her department head had done "pioneering work with women employed in inhumane working conditions in the maquiladoras along the Texas-Mexico border.”
“Millions of turkeys are raised in inhumane, industrial settings.”
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“But his humanitarianism will remain inhumane as long as he fails to understand that the moral authority of parents who bury children killed in Iraq is absolute.”
“For the first time, Kidder has inserted himself into one of his books, and his first-person narration gives the reader a unique perspective on a seemingly saint-like character working in inhumane conditions.”
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