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Critical
ˈkrɪtɪkl
- expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements
"I was very critical of the previous regime"
- expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art
"she never won the critical acclaim she sought"
evaluative analytic analytical interpretative expository commentative explanatory explicative elucidative- (of a text) incorporating a detailed and scholarly analysis and commentary
"a critical edition of a Bach sonata"
- involving the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement
"professors often find it difficult to encourage critical thinking amongst their students"
- (of a situation or problem) having the potential to become disastrous; at a point of crisis
"the floodwaters had not receded and the situation was still critical"
grave serious dangerous risky perilous hazardous precarious touch-and-go in the balance uncertain desperate dire acute very bad- extremely ill and at risk of death
"she was critical but stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital"
- having a decisive or crucial importance in the success, failure, or existence of something
"temperature is a critical factor in successful fruit storage"
- relating to or denoting a point of transition from one state to another
"if the density is less than a certain critical value the gravitational attraction will be too weak to halt the expansion"
- (of a nuclear reactor or fuel) maintaining a self-sustaining chain reaction
"the reactor is due to go critical in October"