What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
Definition of uncritical
1 : not critical : lacking in discrimination
2 : showing lack or improper use of critical standards or procedures
Read the Latest from M-W
Examples of uncritical in a Sentence
The senator's uncritical support for the measure reflects his poor judgment.
had an uncritical trust in the nation's leaders
Recent Examples of uncritical from the Web
-
Does a documentary that takes a seemingly uncritical, almost reality-TV-style look at a small-town wannabe skinhead like the 36-year-old Daliborek amount to giving him a platform for his admittedly confused or at least not very consistent ideas?
-
Though far from uncritical, biographers of Jefferson in the postwar years up to, roughly, the early 1970s—scholars like Dumas Malone and Merrill Peterson—treated him with sympathy and celebrated his Enlightenment ideals.
-
That’s not to say that Roy is an uncritical observer of the Indian left.
-
The president declines to adopt the customary U.S. stance in favor of democracy and human rights, instead offering autocratic leaders such as Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi his uncritical embrace.
-
The president declines to adopt the customary U.S. stance in favor of democracy and human rights, instead offering autocratic leaders such as Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi his uncritical embrace.
-
That uncritical approach doesn’t make her film any less watchable.
-
Orwell’s admiration of Churchill, while not uncritical, is clear enough.
-
Honestly, my 2016 take on Drake amounted to uncritical wonderment.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uncritical.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of uncritical
1659
UNCRITICAL Defined for English Language Learners
uncritical
play
adjective
Definition of uncritical for English Language Learners
-
: not expressing or willing to express appropriate criticism or disapproval : not critical
Learn More about uncritical
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up uncritical? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!