inhumanity
Example Sentences
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As the foundation’s president, Elizabeth Alexander, puts it: “We support artists, scholars, and thinkers,” both inside and outside prison, “who are countering the inhumanity of incarceration and the broader criminal legal system.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
But it’s still a cold statement on inhumanity when Justine flees into a convenience store for safety, only for the clerk to order her back outside.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
It was a story of institutional inhumanity – which, at first, many found unbelievable.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
"Temptation Island" shrinks disastrous outcomes to a manageable size, limiting the inhumanity to a few pairs of lovers stubbornly ignoring enough warning flares to turn the skies scarlet.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
Ultimately, Badenhorst was not evil; his inhumanity had been foisted upon him by an inhuman system.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.