inhuman
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In the 1950s, the Court under Warren began to tighten the rules for denaturalization on the grounds that using it as punishment for certain acts was cruel and inhuman.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
The power of his work resides not in ideological argument or moral screed but in the observation of characters struggling to maintain their humanity in an inhuman system.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
It was not the first time that Leo has criticised the government of his native country, after denouncing its treatment of migrants as "inhuman".
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Philosophy without a biography turns inhuman; biography without a philosophy becomes inert.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Perhaps for the first time, Werner sees in his teacher’s thinning blond hair, in his black nostrils, in his small, almost elfin ears, something pitiless and inhuman, something determined only to survive.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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