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[ uhn-krit-i-kuhl ] / ʌnˈkrɪt ɪ kəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR uncritical ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot inclined or able to judge, especially by the application of comparative standards: an uncritical reader. undiscriminating; not applying or not guided by the standards of analysis: an uncritical estimate; their uncritical acceptance of traditional values. Origin of uncriticalFirst recorded in 1650–60; un-1 + critical SYNONYMS FOR uncritical2 shallow, superficial, casual. SEE SYNONYMS FOR uncritical ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM uncriticalun·crit·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby uncriticaluncourtly, uncouth, uncovenanted, uncover, uncovered, uncritical, uncross, uncrossed, uncrowded, uncrown, uncrowned Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for uncriticalFor all its passion and gore, this book is not uncritical of the uprising itself. While the World Watched: The 1944 Warsaw Uprising|Ilana Bet-El|December 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST In Washington, Israel had an unwavering and uncritical ally in the form of George W. Bush. Israel Is Losing|Dan Ephron|March 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST For too long, Israeli leaders had it easy: unsympathetic enemies in the Middle East and uncritical friends in the United States. Why Israel Is Isolated|Peter Beinart|June 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST Yet an uncritical attitude toward the leading climate-change activists may be even more perilous. Blame the Smug Climate Warriors|Thaddeus Russell|December 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The example of Hitler provided a dark parable of the dangers of uncritical worship of genius. What is a Genius?|Nick Romeo|November 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST The uncritical mind of the age accepted the obvious forgery as genuine. How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly After which, if he has any sense of art, he remains spellbound and uncritical, and ceases to bother about how the thing was done. Uncritical and often inconsistent as he is, his mistakes are not due to partisanship, for he is extraordinarily cosmopolitan. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)|Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed At one moment he pleases the uncritical mass of readers, in another mood he wins the verdict of the raffiné. Alfred Tennyson|Andrew Lang This is as uncritical as the other, and even more surprising. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860|George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for uncritical
adjectivenot containing or making severe or negative judgments Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to uncriticalperfunctory, cursory, careless, imprudent, inaccurate, indiscriminate, offhand, shallow, slipshod, superficial, uninformed, unthinking, unperceptive, imperceptive, imprecise, undiscerning, undiscriminating, unexacting, unselective |