inhumane

English

Etymology

in- +‎ humane

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

inhumane (comparative more inhumane, superlative most inhumane)

  1. lacking pity or compassion for misery and suffering; cruel, unkind, not humane.

Antonyms

Translations

German

Adjective

inhumane

  1. inflection of inhuman:
    1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative and accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

inhūmāne

  1. vocative masculine singular of inhūmānus

References
  • inhumane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inhumane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inhumane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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