Antonyms of adj noncritical

3 senses of noncritical

Sense 1
noncritical (vs. critical) -- (not critical; not at a point of abrupt change)

critical (vs. noncritical) -- (at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical")
        => supercritical -- ((especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases)

Sense 2
noncritical (vs. critical), noncrucial -- (not in a state of crisis or emergency)

critical (vs. noncritical) -- (being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage")
        => acute -- (of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds")
        => dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening -- (causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease")
        => desperate, dire -- (fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency")

Sense 3
uncritical (vs. critical), noncritical -- (marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures; "news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts")


Similarity of adj noncritical

3 senses of noncritical

Sense 1
noncritical (vs. critical) -- (not critical; not at a point of abrupt change)

Sense 2
noncritical (vs. critical), noncrucial -- (not in a state of crisis or emergency)
       => acritical -- (without a crisis (as of some diseases))

Sense 3
uncritical (vs. critical), noncritical -- (marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures; "news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts")
          Also See-> unscholarly#1

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