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subhuman

[suhb-hyoo-muhn, -yoo-] / sʌbˈhju mən, -ˈju- /
ADJECTIVE
soulless
Synonyms


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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

The track might be jarring, but it effectively captures the pain of being treated as subhuman.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2020

Conditions in those camps were subhuman long before the pandemic.

From Washington Post Apr. 16, 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




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