Extremely cruel or lacking compassion; not treating people or animals with kindness and dignity.
From the prefix 'in-' (not) combined with 'humane' (from Latin 'humanus' meaning 'human'). The word literally means 'not showing human compassion,' implying cruelty is the opposite of our nature.
By calling something 'inhumane,' we're saying it violates what we believe humans fundamentally are—this is why the word packs such moral force, because it's really saying 'this isn't how humans should behave.'
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