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subhuman

sub·hu·man

UK/sʌbˈhjuːmən/ US/ˌsʌˈbhjumʌn/ uncommon

adjective

1.

less than human or not worthy of a human being

  • “treated natives as subhuman”
  • “a subhuman spectacle”
  • “the subhuman primates”
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2.

unfit for human beings

  • “subhuman conditions of life”
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Origin

From sub- + human.

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