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uncritical en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *-n- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *krinyéti Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós)bor. Latin criticus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English critical English uncritical From un- + critical.

Meanings

1. Lacking critique or critical examination; undiscriminating.
   • Let any competent judge read Hacket's Life of Archbishop Williams, and then these Sermons, and so measure the stultifying, nugifying effect of a blind and uncritical study of the Fathers […] c. 1827-1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Hacket:
   • an uncritical review
   • More importantly, the rehearsing of that information has been almost completely uncritical, indicating a lack of recourse to any further information about the term. 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 55:
2. Having a disregard for critical standards or procedures.
3. Slow to criticize.
   • uncritical to the point of tolerating incompetence, jeopardizing the business model

Forms

Antonyms

critical (all senses)

Deriveds

uncriticalness · uncritically

Relateds

noncritical

Translations (8)

de unkritisch (indulgent or undiscriminating; slow to criticize) · bg безкритичен (indulgent or undiscriminating; slow to criticize) · fi välinpitämätön (having a disregard for critical standards or procedures) · ro necritic (indulgent or undiscriminating; slow to criticize) · fi kritiikitön (indulgent or undiscriminating; slow to criticize) · ro indulgent (indulgent or undiscriminating; slow to criticize) · pl bezkrytyczny (indulgent or undiscriminating; slow to criticize) · fi huolimaton (having a disregard for critical standards or procedures)