acritical

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adjective

Not critical.

Similar
noncriticalnoncrucial
OriginEnglish critical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin criticus →
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Meanings

adjectiveacritical (comparative more acritical, superlative most acritical)

comparative more acritical · superlative most acritical

  1. Not critical.
  2. Not involving a crisis.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewithout a crisis (as of some diseases)

Similar
noncriticalnoncrucial
Also see
noncriticalnoncrucial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*krey-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*krinyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kríňňō
  9. Ancient Greekκρῑ́νω (krī́nō)
  10. Ancient Greekκρῐ- (krĭ-)
  11. Ancient Greekκρῐτής (krĭtḗs)
  12. Ancient Greekκριτικός (kritikós)
  13. Latincriticus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishcritical
  17. Englishacritical

From a- + critical.

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Translations

Italian acritico
  • acriticonot critical
Portuguese acrítico
  • acríticonot critical
Cite this entry
APA

acritical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acritical

MLA

“acritical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acritical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acritical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acritical.

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