INHUMANE


Meaning of INHUMANE in English

/ ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn; NAmE / adjective

not caring about the suffering of other people; very cruel

SYN callous :

inhumane treatment of animals / prisoners

OPP humane

►  in·hu·mane·ly adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (in the sense inhuman, brutal ): originally a variant of inhuman (rare after 1700); in modern use from in- not + humane (the current sense dating from the early 19th cent.).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.