NONCRITICAL Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

noncritical

adjective

Definition of noncritical

as in unimportant

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Recent Examples of noncritical One victim remains in critical condition and another sustained noncritical injuries, and a fourth person was hurt while trying to leave the home, the news station reported. — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 3 May 2026 Within about 25 minutes, all 14 patients — three critical and 11 noncritical patients — were in ambulances heading to hospitals or had already arrived, Mallon said. — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026 Some data center operators are beginning to invest in on-site generation, battery storage or shifting noncritical computing tasks to off-peak hours. — Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026 Right Arrow Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), commonly known as Doctors Without Borders, suspended noncritical medical operations at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, citing security concerns. — Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for noncritical

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Adjective

Wright agrees that the findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that omega-3s are unimportant for the brain.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 July 2026
But that’s unimportant, Kelleher says, because other market participants are reading them.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of unimportant

Adjective

Span can also throttle nonurgent workloads or transfer them to other nodes in the fleet.

— Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
Waiting lists for disease diagnosis and nonurgent surgeries are becoming unmanageable, emergency rooms are overwhelmed, and staff is exhausted, Guedes warns.

— Sarah Moreno Updated February 19, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026

Definition of nonurgent

Adjective

The poet begins to lose faith in his subject—why write about such a trivial matter as Europe descends into war?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026

Definition of trivial

Adjective

Tropical Depression Two formed Sunday morning from a low-pressure system near Florida’s Gulf coast, and it is forecast to become Tropical Storm Bertha by late Sunday or early Monday, forecasters said.

— Robin Webb, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
The album was born after years of crossing paths with Lloyd-Watson and Kitto on the festival circuit before the trio finally met for what was intended to be a low-pressure writing session in Los Angeles.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 17 July 2026

Definition of low-pressure

Adjective

Alongside Sneed, Beasley, who sustained a minor lower-body injury late but remained in the game, finished with 16 points.

— Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
At the tag end of the episode, Bernthal and Holland are filming B-roll footage for the episode’s outro when Holland has a coughing fit that results in a minor case of puking.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2026

Definition of minor

Adjective

Whether the podcasting asset bubble bursting led directly to the ascendance of YouTube and video podcasting, or was simply incidental to the inevitable growth of YouTube podcasts, is a question reserved for podcast philosophers.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Messi’s incidental presence became melancholy rather than mystical.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of incidental

Adjective

Animal viruses jump to humans in the wild hundreds of thousands of times a year, usually producing negligible infections, occasionally sparking an outbreak.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
The lender’s models suggest the economic impact of AI over the next decade will be negligible in sub-Saharan Africa if power provision remains sclerotic.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of negligible

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