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inhuman

[in-hyoo-muhn, -yoo-] / ɪnˈhyu mən, -ˈyu- /


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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

Forts, where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans were once held under inhuman conditions, remain standing along the West African country's coast.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Philosophy without a biography turns inhuman; biography without a philosophy becomes inert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Forty years ago, “RoboCop” imagined a world in which a police officer could be recast as a highly efficient, if inhuman, crime-fighting cyborg.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

He made a chivalrous gesture toward the switchboard—and with an inhuman scream, the first sound I’d been able to make, I dove toward the switchboard and seized my headset.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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