as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
had an uncritical trust in the nation's leaders
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Recent Examples of uncritical
The board members were uncritical of the mega project and did not discuss project specifics, noting instead that their vote was specific to the negotiation contract.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
The two men clashed in February after Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, a move that Stewart slammed on his show as uncritical and sycophantic.
—Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 20 June 2025
Mental health experts warn that while most users are unaffected, a subset may be highly vulnerable to the chatbot's responsive but uncritical feedback, leading to emotional isolation or harmful decisions.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The economic crisis that hastened New Labour’s demise had nothing to do with overspending and everything to do with its uncritical acceptance of twenty-first-century financial innovation and its excesses.
—Jonathan Hopkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2015
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
The two men clashed in February after Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, a move that Stewart slammed on his show as uncritical and sycophantic.
—Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 20 June 2025
Mental health experts warn that while most users are unaffected, a subset may be highly vulnerable to the chatbot's responsive but uncritical feedback, leading to emotional isolation or harmful decisions.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The economic crisis that hastened New Labour’s demise had nothing to do with overspending and everything to do with its uncritical acceptance of twenty-first-century financial innovation and its excesses.
—Jonathan Hopkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncritical
Adjective
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Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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The passions and dreams that drove the movement can seem inchoate, naïve, and contradictory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Starring Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey, the film puts a deadly twist on an innocent game.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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After reviewing those court records, anyone with an ounce of humanity would come away furious at the criminal cover-up perpetrated against innocent young children by priests.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Don’t pull over in the roundabout Roundabouts with a single lane of traffic in each direction are fairly simple – yield to traffic in the roundabout, wait for a gap in traffic and go through, Bryson said.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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This can be as simple as bodyweight movements, resistance bands or dumbbells, focusing on compound/functional movements like squats, pushes and pulls.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Uncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncritical. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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