inhumanely

adverb

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Recent Examples of inhumanely That felt honest to me — how inhumanely quickly this world forces its girls to become women. — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2023 The oversight tour came after activists alleged detainees were being treated inhumanely at the facility. — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026 In May 2025, the zoo posted a video of authorities taking a giraffe and accused them of seizing it inhumanely. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 June 2026 Building Alligator Alcatraz and being proud of treating people inhumanely while at the same time stealing money for his charity is disgusting. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026 The complaints also allege the 37 people detained were taken to the Broadview ICE detention center where they were treated inhumanely. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhumanely
  1. inhumanly
  2. ruthlessly
  3. heartlessly
  4. mercilessly
  5. callously
  6. pitilessly
  7. unmercifully
  8. insensitively
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  • For her next project, she’s headed as far from there as humanly (or inhumanly) possible.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
Definition of inhumanly
Adverb
  • Underdog sides have generally attempted to build up methodically with the ball, but any lapses of concentration have been ruthlessly punished by attackers who press hard and counter-attack quickly.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • Leaders must immediately audit burn rate, freeze nonessential spend, tighten inventory cycles and reforecast ruthlessly.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of ruthlessly
Adverb
  • Victim Nyron Shaw’s father said the driver who mowed his son down last year in Ocean Hill a day before Independence Day should face the maximum penalty for allegedly driving twice the speed limit and heartlessly taking off, leaving his son to die.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.
    — EW.com, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of heartlessly
Adverb
  • All Harris needed was a 10-men England side to hold on as El Tri mercilessly delivered crosses into the box.
    — Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 7 July 2026
  • It’s been blistering in New York City, with temperatures registering in the high 90s on successive days, then climbing to 100 degrees Thursday and mercilessly extending into the Fourth of July.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Definition of mercilessly
Adverb
  • The department was known to operate callously, firing people by email or locking them out of buildings.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • Altman accused of making ChatGPT unsafe The lawsuit joins prior suits accusing Altman of callously deploying AI systems without regard for user safety.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Definition of callously
Adverb
  • The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.
    — A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of pitilessly
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  • Any party member who seeks to defy his wishes risks losing a seat, being unmercifully gaslit, or trashed on Truth Social.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2026
  • Now my son is dead after suffering unmercifully.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of unmercifully
Adverb
  • Residents were treated carelessly, disrespectfully, insensitively.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Definition of insensitively

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“Inhumanely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumanely. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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