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uncritical

/ˈʌnˌkrɪdəkəl/
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Definitions of uncritical
  1. adjective
    not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors
    “a devoted and almost uncritical admirer”
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    antonyms:
    critical
    marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
    captious, faultfinding
    tending to find and call attention to faults
    censorious
    harshly critical or expressing censure
    deprecative
    given to expressing disapproval
    hypercritical, overcritical
    inclined to judge too severely
    searing
    severely critical
    scalding, scathing, vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
    unfavorable, unfavourable
    not encouraging or approving or pleasing
    sarcastic
    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
  2. adjective
    marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures
    synonyms: noncritical
    unscholarly
    not scholarly
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    antonyms:
    critical
    characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
    appraising, evaluative
    exercising or involving careful evaluations
    discriminative, judicial
    expressing careful judgment
    discerning
    having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
    scholarly
    characteristic of scholars or scholarship
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