inhumaneness

Definitions of inhumaneness
  1. noun
    the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
    synonyms: inhumanity
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    humaneness
    the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
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    atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness
    the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
    bestiality
    the stupid brutal quality of a beast
    mercilessness, unmercifulness
    inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
    pitilessness, ruthlessness
    mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
    inexorability, inexorableness, relentlessness
    mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
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    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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