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for inhumane
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
inhumane \in`hu*mane"\ ([i^]n`h[=u]*m[=a]n"), adj.
not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or
compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains
much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological
weapons are considered too inhumane to be used. [Narrower
terms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage,
vicious; beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish,
cannibalic ; brutal, cruel; cold, cold-blooded, inhuman,
insensate ; pitiless, unfeeling, unkind ; {painful (vs.
painless) ] Also See: uncivilized. Antonym: humane.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
inhumane
adj : lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans
are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery
and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are
considered too inhumane to be used" [ant: humane]
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