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uncritical Definition

un·criti·cal (un kriti kəl)

adjective

  1. not critical; undiscriminating an uncritical reader
  2. not guided by critical standards of analysis an uncritical acceptance of radical ideas

  • uncrippled
uncritical Related Forms
un·criti·cally adverb
uncritical Synonyms

uncritical

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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.

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