[more inhuman; most inhuman] 1 a : very fierce or cruel
▪ inhuman [=savage] punishment ▪ a brutally inhuman tyrant ▪ the most inhuman deeds/crimes
b : having or showing no interest in individual people or their feelings : lacking emotional warmth
▪ an inhuman [=impersonal] bureaucracy 2 : not good enough for people to use or live in : extremely poor, dirty, or unhealthy
▪ inhuman living conditions 3 : unlike what might be expected from a human being
▪ He let out an inhuman moan. ▪ She had an almost inhuman desire to succeed. — compare nonhuman, subhuman
▪ inhuman [=savage] punishment ▪ a brutally inhuman tyrant ▪ the most inhuman deeds/crimes
b : having or showing no interest in individual people or their feelings : lacking emotional warmth
▪ an inhuman [=impersonal] bureaucracy
▪ inhuman living conditions
▪ He let out an inhuman moan. ▪ She had an almost inhuman desire to succeed. — compare nonhuman, subhuman
— in·hu·man·ly adverb
▪ an inhumanly cruel punishment
▪ an inhumanly cruel punishment







