inhumane
Adjective
- Lacking humanity or compassion; extremely cruel.
- 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"
Adj
- Alternative form of inhuman: lacking pity or compassion for misery and suffering; cruel, unkind.
Examples
- It seemed inhumane to leave an open triple word score for my opponent on Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
Originally a variant spelling and pronunciation of inhuman, ultimately from Latin inhūmānus; it appears to have died out 17c. but returned c. 1822, probably a reformation as a negative of humane from in- + humane.
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Scrabble Score: 13
inhumane: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinhumane: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inhumane: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
inhumane: valid Words With Friends Word