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subhuman (adj.)

1790, from sub- + human. The noun is attested by 1957.

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Definitions of subhuman from WordNet

subhuman (adj.)
less than human or not worthy of a human being;
a subhuman spectacle
treated natives as subhuman
the subhuman primates
subhuman (adj.)
unfit for human beings;
subhuman conditions of life
From wordnet.princeton.edu