subhuman

subhuman
I. adjective Date: 1793 less than human: as a. failing to attain the level (as of morality or intelligence) associated with normal human beings b. unsuitable to or unfit for human beings <
subhuman living conditions
>
c. of or relating to a taxonomic group lower than that of humans <
the subhuman primates
>
II. noun Date: 1937 a subhuman being

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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