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Inhuman

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Adjective

1. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate

without compunction or human feeling

Example Sentences:
'in cold blood'
'cold-blooded killing'
'insensate destruction'

2. inhuman

belonging to or resembling something nonhuman

Example Sentences:
'something dark and inhuman in form'
'a babel of inhuman noises'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inhuman

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adjective
1. Also: inhumane (ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn )
lacking humane feelings, such as sympathy, understanding, etc; cruel; brutal
2. 
not human

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Inhuman

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adjective
not human; esp., not having the qualities considered normal to or for human beings; unfeeling, heartless, cruel, barbarous, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inhuman

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adj.
1. Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel or indifferent: inhuman treatment of the prisoners.
2. Not suited for human needs: "The monks sat ... in inhuman quiet" (Maura O'Halloran).
3. Not of ordinary human nature, form, or character: "The woman ... lets out a squeal, a strange pig-squeal, completely inhuman" (Ashley Warlick).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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