subhuman

Adjective
US[suhb-hyoo-muhn]/ˌsʌbˈhjumən/3 syllables

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Adjective (2)

  1. less than human or not worthy of a human being“treated natives as subhuman”“a subhuman spectacle”“the subhuman primates”Opposite superhumanSimilar infrahuman
  2. unfit for human beings“subhuman conditions of life”Opposite fitSimilar unfit
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