inhumanely
inhumanely — adverb
1. in a cruel and uncaring way that makes people or animals suffer instead of givin
in a cruel and uncaring way that makes people or animals suffer instead of giving them the basic care they should receive
The guard inhumanely left the dog outside during the winter storm.
leave an animal outside in dangerous weather
Prisoners were inhumanely packed into a dark room without beds.
passive: be inhumanely packed into + place
The nurse was fired for inhumanely tying an old man to the bed.
At the border, officers inhumanely separated crying children from their parents.
The lab was fined after monkeys were inhumanely kept in tiny cages.
- cruelly
the closest general word, often for emotional or physical harm
- brutally
stronger and more violent, especially for direct physical force
- heartlessly
stresses lack of feeling or sympathy more than legal mistreatment
- humanely
with proper care and respect for suffering
- kindly
with warmth instead of harshness
- compassionately
with active sympathy for pain or difficulty
文法句型
treat someone inhumanely
keep animals inhumanely confined
inhumanely separate children from parents
be inhumanely packed into + place
用法筆記
Usually modifies verbs about treatment, confinement, punishment, or killing. It often appears in legal, medical, prison, or animal-welfare contexts where the speaker is clearly judging the treatment as morally unacceptable.