非ひ人にん間げん的てき

ひ

に

ん

げ

ん

て

き

Meanings

1

na-adjective

inhuman; inhumane

Describes actions, conditions, or treatment that lack human warmth, compassion, or decency; often used for cruel, cold, or mechanical behavior.

その刑けい務む所しょの環かん境きょうは非ひ人

にん

間げん

的てき

だ

と

批ひ

判はん

さ

れ

た

。

The prison conditions were criticized as inhumane.

彼かれの非ひ人にん間げん的てきな態たい度どに、周しゅう囲いは困こん惑わくした。

People around him were baffled by his inhuman attitude.

Kanji

非un-, mistake, negative
人person
間interval, space
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

残ざん酷こく
残酷 focuses on cruelty and brutality, while 非人間的 emphasizes a lack of human warmth or decency, often in a broader sense including cold or mechanical treatment.
冷つめたい
冷たい is a more general word for 'cold' in both physical and emotional senses; 非人間的 is stronger and specifically implies a violation of humane standards.

Opposites

ヒューマン
非人間的 means cold or inhumane, the direct opposite of the warm, humane sense of ヒューマン.

Built from

非ひ+人にん間げん的てき

Etymology

Compound of 非 (hi-, 'non-'), 人間 (ningen, 'human'), and 的 (-teki, '-like'). The word follows a regular pattern for forming adjectives meaning 'lacking human qualities'.