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  • adjective Not humanitarian.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ humanitarian

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Examples

  • In the memo, he admitted his "unhumanitarian" views would be ridiculed by his fellow "liberal" law clerks.

    Rehnquist's Legacy 2005

  • But it does appear that the physical violence started from the other side, which to begin with had the rather unhumanitarian mission of aiding Hamas, and, to the extent there were sincere humanitarian/peace activists involved, allowed themselves to get hijacked by violent Islamic extremists who manned one of the ships.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » 2010 » May 2010

  • But it does appear that the physical violence started from the other side, which to begin with had the rather unhumanitarian mission of aiding Hamas, and, to the extent there were sincere humanitarian/peace activists involved, allowed themselves to get hijacked by violent Islamic extremists who manned one of the ships.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010

  • Rehnquist wrote Jackson a memo in which he defended separate-but-equal policies, saying, "I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by my 'liberal' colleagues, but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be reaffirmed."

    Pot kettle black - poli 2009

  • But it does appear that the physical violence started from the other side, which to begin with had the rather unhumanitarian mission of aiding Hamas, and, to the extent there were sincere humanitarian/peace activists involved, allowed themselves to get hijacked by violent Islamic extremists who manned one of the ships.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » 2010 » May 2010

  • But it does appear that the physical violence started from the other side, which to begin with had the rather unhumanitarian mission of aiding Hamas, and, to the extent there were sincere humanitarian/peace activists involved, allowed themselves to get hijacked by violent Islamic extremists who manned one of the ships.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010

  • “I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by ‘liberal’ colleague...”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Critic of Judge Sotomayor’s “Wise Latina” Sentence: 2009

  • But because of the short time there is in which to learn, there has been (particularly in the last fifty years) a tendency to teach the scientist only those particular humanities which are appropriate to himself, and that in a somewhat unhumanitarian fashion.

    Scientist and Citizen 1948

  • "I realize that this is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues," Rehnquist wrote, "but I think [the court's 1896 decision upholding segregation] was right and should be re-affirmed."

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • So if you want to say that they are commiting these acts because of lack of human rights training, then we could safely say that people in our own military have more of a chance of commitng unhumanitarian acts than these graduates.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

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