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sub·hu·man

(sŭb-hyo͞o′mən)

adj.

1. Below the human race in evolutionary development.

2. Regarded as not being fully human.

sub·hu′man n.

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subhuman

(sʌbˈhjuːmən)

adj

1. (Zoology) of, relating to, or designating animals that are below man (Homo sapiens) in evolutionary development

2. less than human

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sub•hu•man

(sʌbˈhyu mən; often -ˈyu-)

adj.

1. less than or not quite human.

2. a subhuman individual.

[1785–95]

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Adj.	1.	subhuman - less than human or not worthy of a human being; "treated natives as subhuman"; "a subhuman spectacle"; "the subhuman primates" superhuman - above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery"
	2.	subhuman - unfit for human beings; "subhuman conditions of life" unfit - below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption"

Translations

sous-homme

subhuman

[ˈsʌbˈhjuːmən] ADJ → infrahumano

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

subhuman

sub-human [ˌsʌbˈhjuːmən] adj → inhumain(e)

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subhuman

[ˌsʌbˈhjuːmən] adj → subumano/a

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