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The Humane Society is working to eliminate cruelty to animals.humane = characterized by kindness -- especially a motivation to reduce suffering of others or of animals
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The chickens are not treated humanely. Their living conditions are inhumane.
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they are naturally going to want it produced in the cleanest, most humane and environmentally healthy ways. (source)humane = marked by kindness
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"We feel it is important that the animals here be treated in the most humane manner," Regis said.† (source)
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That seemed like the humane thing—verify it before he got their hopes up.† (source)
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Louie felt deep relief, believing that at a POW camp, he would be treated under the humane rules of international law, put in contact with the Red Cross, and allowed to contact his family.† (source)
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—Poison," she says, unflinching, "is unbelievably humane.† (source)
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When you get to your new homes, anyone who wants to work will be treated humanely.† (source)
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Inhumane, unimaginably cruel things, and I had started to become numb. (source)Inhumane = cruelstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inhumane means not and reverses the meaning of humane. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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I had met a rabbit who taught me about self-immolation and how to speed up transmigration: one does not have to become worms first but can change directly into a human being— as in our own humaneness we had just changed bowls of vegetable soup into people too.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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He's been described as a compassionate man who makes contributions to the Humane Society.† (source)
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If you can manage to put up with me a little more humanely, I'll go on doing what I can for Mister Rufus.† (source)
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Our inhumane neighbors, instead of sympathizing with us tauntingly proclaim the healthfulness of their own cities...—Letter of Ebenezer Hazard, Philadelphia, 1793.† (source)inhumane = cruel to people or animals
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But he hoped rumours had not reached as far as the deputy director, otherwise he would obviously soon find a way of making use of it to harm K., he would show neither comradeship nor humaneness.† (source)
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The humane society could not have been expected to know that turkey vultures vomit when attacked.† (source)
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He uses a long knife and must hit exactly the right spot to kill the animal humanely.† (source)
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