unhuman
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈhjuːmən/
- She described the villain as having an unhuman ruthlessness that shocked everyone in the room.
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Watch on YouTubeThe boy who wants to understand the large and gloriously unhuman mysteries of the Galaxy.
- The boy who wants to understand the large and gloriously unhuman mysteries of the Galaxy.
- That requires an unhuman amount of patience and self-control.
- Then his eyes lost their luster and the SD man collapsed, dropping his gun and making unhuman gargling noises.
- It was nice just to, you know, suddenly just feel human because in Los Angeles things can get so unhuman.
- That's like unhuman, like how would he not just break his neck?
- It's like it's kind of weird, you know, it's kind of feels very unhuman.
Examples
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Staring, implacable, unreadable, unhuman eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
That requires an unhuman amount of patience and self-control.
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It's polished, smooth, profoundly unhuman, as so much of our society is.
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The boy who wants to understand the large and gloriously unhuman mysteries of the Galaxy.
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At such moments, she looked subtly unhuman, all her proportions just a trifle off the earthside norm.
Fiction book (2000) -
Pursuing truth of an unemotional, essentially unhuman nature, in the silence and isolation of the laboratory, suited him; or would suit him once he was independent enough to oversee his own ambitious experiments.
Fiction book (1997) -
His calm response to the tragedy felt completely unhuman, leaving everyone around him unsettled.
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The robot's unhuman efficiency made it clear that it could perform tasks far beyond human capabilities.
Synonyms
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Not like a person in shape or sound
Antonyms
How Human
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unhuman is made from the little part un- meaning 'not' and the word human meaning 'a person' or 'having human qualities', just like in unhappy. So unhuman means 'not having human qualities', for example 'lacking kindness or feeling'.