subhuman
Example Sentences
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“It was subhuman conditions — and then there’s the toll it takes on your mind.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
The Equal Protection Clause was ratified not to make white people colorblind, but rather to ensure that Black people were no longer treated as subhuman.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2023
Conditions in those camps were subhuman long before the pandemic.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
“Although the government is advising people not to venture out, sanitation workers are required to work under subhuman conditions without any medical protection,” says Ranade.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2020
In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this subhuman chanting of “B-B! . . . B-B!” always filled him with horror.
From "1984" by George Orwell
