uncritical
uncritical
Definition
un·criti·cal (un krit′i kəl)
adjective
- not critical; undiscriminating an uncritical reader
- not guided by critical standards of analysis an uncritical acceptance of radical ideas
- uncrippled
un·crit′i·cally adverb
uncritical
Synonyms
uncritical
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- policy: Shlaim does downplay Arab aggression as part of his overall argument, but he is far from uncritical of Arab policy.
Modifies a noun
- acceptance: The argument is based on a totally uncritical acceptance of the official rhetoric.
- reliance: It is intended that parallels may be drawn between the 'technological fix ' and the resistance to an uncritical reliance on statistics.
- stance: Traditionally haibun is prose that includes one or more haiku, the prose have the same observational, uncritical stance of haiku.
- adoption: These basic weaknesses are sufficient in themselves to discredit the uncritical adoption of market based remedies.
- enthusiasm: In The Real Thing, therefore, the Manager becomes the voice of uncritical artistic enthusiasm.
- attitude: We aim to foster a sympathetic but not uncritical attitude toward foreign places, thus helping to promote understanding and goodwill.
Modifying Another Word
- wholly: The 9am BBC Radio Four bulletin six hours later was, like the ITV news, wholly uncritical.
- largely: The socialist left outside the Labor Party is largely uncritical in its support for multiculturalism.
- relatively: Its relatively uncritical use of the sources reveals the need for more in-depth studies of the evidential basis.
- rather: I think it can lead you into a rather uncritical way of thinking.
- too: Many have sensed a danger here of becoming too uncritical in our attitude to the market.
- often: However, this usage - by students and others - is often uncritical.
Used with adjective complement
- mean: Bridge thought otherwise; his attitude toward the regime at College was by no means uncritical.
