subhuman

Word family  noun human humanism humanity ≠ inhumanity humanitarian humanitarianism humankind humanoid adjective human ≠ inhuman superhuman subhuman humane ≠ inhumane humanitarian humanoid verb humanize adverb humanly ≠ inhumanly humanely ≠ inhumanely

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sub·hu·man /sʌbˈhjuːmən $ -ˈhjuː-, -ˈjuː-/ adjective  1  BADnot having all the qualities a normal human being has 不齿于人类的；低于人类的 The enemy was regarded as subhuman. 这些敌人被认为是没有人性的。2  subhuman conditions are very bad or cruel 〔条件〕非人的 → inhuman The refugees were living a subhuman existence. 难民们过着非人的生活。

Examples from the Corpus

subhuman• The orphaned children were living in subhuman conditions.• He treats women as subhuman creatures, as things.• There were unknown sounds of subhuman things proceeding relentlessly forward, stopping, retrenching, to proceed onward again.

sub·hu·man adjectiveChineseSyllable  

the a human normal not qualities Corpus being having all

subhuman
sub‧hu‧man /sʌbˈhjuːmən $ -ˈhjuː-, -ˈjuː-/ adjective1. not having all the qualities a normal human being has:
    The enemy was regarded as subhuman.
2. subhuman conditions are very bad or cruel ⇨ inhuman:
    The refugees were living a subhuman existence.

sub·humanBrE /ˌsʌbˈhjuːmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsʌbˈhjuːmən/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) not working or behaving like a normal human; not fit for humans 非人的；不齿于人类的；不适合人类的◆subhuman behaviour不齿于人类的行为◆They were living in subhuman conditions. 他们生活在非人的条件下。🔊🔊  ➡  compare inhuman, superhuman