Meaning & use
Unhuman
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Not human in nature, origin, or character; lacking human qualities, without necessarily implying cruelty.
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The alien's unhuman logic made its motives difficult to predict.
Critics described the sculpture's cold, unhuman precision as unsettling.
A note on using this word
Distinct from 'inhuman,' which usually implies cruelty; 'unhuman' more neutrally suggests something simply not of human origin or nature.
Words with a similar meaning
nonhumaninhuman
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Words with an opposite meaning
human
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