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English Dictionary: inhuman by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inhuman
adj
  1. without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
    Synonym(s): cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
  2. belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inhuman \In*hu"man\, a. [L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See
      {In-} not, and {Human}.]
      1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a
            human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an
            inhuman person or people.
  
      2. Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an
            inhuman act or punishment.
  
      Syn: Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage;
               barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.
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