Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not human; destitute of human qualities. Inhuman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not human; inhuman.

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  • adjective Not resembling or having the qualities of a human being.

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  • adjective divested of human qualities or attributes

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Examples

  • There is rich and sick irony throughout the play in that the way in which "the Jews" are shown talking about the "unhuman" arabs is taken directly from the way in which Jews are protrayed in the state sponsored media, of many Arab states anmd of course Hamas itself.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Unless some dude behavior is "unhuman" and should therefore be phased out, but good luck convincing me that some good, clean fun among guys is wrong because most women wouldn't like the same.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2009

  • I cannot belive we have become so unhuman in the way we act toward other people or their possessions.

    Obama: Family 'will stand in line like everybody else' for vaccine 2009

  • There is something really fearless, almost unhuman about the drivers—they're truly a different kind of animal.

    20 Odd Questions: Nicola Bulgari 2011

  • Martin occupied himself primarily in praying that Lorraine would not return just then; but also in marveling that a face so beautiful could simultaneously reveal itself as obviously unhuman, yet lose none of its appeal.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Martin occupied himself primarily in praying that Lorraine would not return just then; but also in marveling that a face so beautiful could simultaneously reveal itself as obviously unhuman, yet lose none of its appeal.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Lil 'Wayne goes on to call Sharpton "just another Don King, with a perm, hahah, just a little more political, and that just means you're a little unhuman."

    The Politics of Lil’ Wayne - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Martin occupied himself primarily in praying that Lorraine would not return just then; but also in marveling that a face so beautiful could simultaneously reveal itself as obviously unhuman, yet lose none of its appeal.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • I felt like I was sharing some kind of secret with the unhuman things around me, the birds not yet stirring in the trees, the mud quiet on the ground.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • You are alien to the human race, the real unhuman ones.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

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