[ adj ] lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion <adj.all> humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the worldbiological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used
inhumane \in`hu*mane"\ ([i^]n`h[=u]*m[=a]n"), adj. not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used. [Narrower terms: {barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious}; {beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish, cannibalic ; {brutal, cruel}; {cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate ; {pitiless, unfeeling, unkind ; {painful (vs. painless) ] Also See: {uncivilized}. Antonym: {humane}. [WordNet 1.5]
I don't want to ennoble it too much, but it's about the strength of humanity of this woman as opposed to the cold, inhumane aspect of the law that said she shouldn't help anybody, under those circumstances.
"The consequences for Hong Kong are appalling," said Wilson. "Our resources have been overwhelmed." Wilson disputed assertions that mandatory repatriation was inhumane.
The diplomats contend that Iraq, in an effort to break the embargo, has sought to portray the sanctions as inhumane.
I don't think we're doing anything inhumane," Romito said. "This is part of our job.
"Chattahoochee," a new movie based on Chris Calhoun's efforts to reform inhumane and brutal conditions at Florida State Hospital, is helping the former mental patient fulfill a goal he set when he was released 28 years ago.
The committee also said it has boosted the required amounts of dog food to be used during the race, lengthened mandatory rest times on the trail and stiffened penalties for inhumane treatment of dogs.
They argue that such a waiting period would be medically unsound or even inhumane as it would allow the patient's medical condition to deteriorate and reduce the patient's chances of survival.
"This emotional roller coaster is inhumane and disgraceful," the spokeswoman said.
Organizers contended that their annual campaign against what they call the inhumane killing of fur-bearing animals for luxury garments has put a palatable dent in sales.
It's a beautifully photographed documentary on her work and her deeply felt opposition to the inhumane use of chimps in medical research.
"The embargo is not only working, at this point it is inhumane," said Dr. John Pastore, secretary of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
The ASPCA issued summonses to the airline charging cruelty to animals, failure to provide food, water and air, and inhumane transporting, Hon said.
Herwald said White's death was an example of "how the system fails the innocent." "Strangeways was a filthy inhumane system for the innocent and the guilty," Herwald said.
While the Swissair passengers were delayed longer than most, such "inhumane inconveniences" are becoming more common, said Aaronson, whose group represents air carriers.
The prisoners, who were protesting what they called inhumane conditions at the prison, gave up Sunday afternoon and freed a nun who worked as a volunteer at the prison, Sister Francoise, and a guard who was not identified.
Dr. John Pastore, secretary of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, called the embargo "inhumane."
The prison that was dubbed "The Rock" was closed in 1963 when Attorney General Robert Kennedy called the facility inhumane.
"This emotional roller coaster is inhumane and disgraceful," she said. "We hesitate to dignify these demands as `exit procedures'.
A congressional panel has called the conditions of the Atlanta prisoners "brutal and inhumane."
Governments trying to eliminate such conveyances declare them unsafe or inhumane, "but the more likely motive is to clear the streets of vehicles that make the city look poor and backward," the report says.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest and other consumer groups contend that the way some veal calves are raised _ kept in dark pens so small the calf can't turn around and fed only a liquid diet to keep the meat light-colored _ are inhumane.
But critics say it already is operating at inhumane speed, and they have expressed outrage at INS plans to hold rejected applicants in tents erected inside a minimum-security prison.