inhuman

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·human BrE [ɪnˈhjuːmən] NAmE [ɪnˈhjuːmən] adjective
1. lacking the qualities of kindness and pity; very cruel
•inhuman and degrading treatment
2. not human; not seeming to be produced by a human and therefore frightening
•There was a strange inhuman sound.
compare ↑human, ↑non-human, ↑subhuman

Word Origin:
[inhuman] late Middle English (originally as inhumane): from Latin inhumanus, from in- ‘not’ + humanus (from homo ‘man, human being’).

Example Bank:
•What she proposes is positively inhuman!
•The photos showed inhuman and degrading conditions.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cold, cold-blooded, insensate