in|hu´man|ness

in|hu´man|ness
in|hu|man «ihn HYOO muhn», adjective.
1. without kindness, mercy, or tenderness; brutal; cruel; hard-hearted: »

Only an inhuman mother would desert her child.

SYNONYM(S): unfeeling, pitiless, merciless.
2. not having the qualities natural to a human being; not human: »

The daring explorer seemed to have inhuman powers of endurance.

╂[pelling alteration (influenced by Latin inhūmānus) of Middle English inhumayn < Middle French inhumain, learned borrowing from Latin inhūmānus < in- not + hūmānus human]
–in|hu´man|ly, adverb.
–in|hu´man|ness, noun.

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