uncritical

[ uhn-krit-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. not inclined or able to judge, especially by the application of comparative standards:

   an uncritical reader.

2. undiscriminating; not applying or not guided by the standards of analysis:

   an uncritical estimate; their uncritical acceptance of traditional values.

   Synonyms: casual, superficial, shallow

uncritical

/ ʌnˈkrɪtɪkəl /

adjective

1. not containing or making severe or negative judgments

Other Words From

• un·criti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncritical¹

First recorded in 1650–60; un- ¹ + critical

Example Sentences

The video touched a nerve, becoming yet another example of the uncritical way some journalists pick up and package narratives pushed by law enforcement for mainstream audiences.

From Voice of San Diego

Their fortitude didn’t alter Nixon’s desire to reshape the production so that it better reflected his uncritical vision of America’s past and present.

From Washington Post

This uncritical veneration of ambition and success takes a toll, leaving psychological and moral wounds.

From Time

It’s written by Pugh’s daughter, but it’s by no means an uncritical portrait.

From Outside Online

Even largely uncritical admirers of the president have had enough.

From The Daily Beast

For all its passion and gore, this book is not uncritical of the uprising itself.

From The Daily Beast

The example of Hitler provided a dark parable of the dangers of uncritical worship of genius.

From The Daily Beast

This essential truth does not oblige those of us on the left to become uncritical free market fundamentalists.

From The Daily Beast

Yet it is not entirely uncritical, despite the friendship between the two men.

From The Daily Beast

The question, startling as it may be, especially to trustful readers of uncritical laudations, may no longer be avoided.

From Project Gutenberg

He is rather uncritical and confused in his arrangement, although honest and, in matters of personal observation, exact.

From Project Gutenberg

Always I had been a wasp in their spider's web, difficult to claim as a tool, uncritical, antagonistic.

From Project Gutenberg

He looked uncritical and very young, as rosy as a school-boy on a half-holiday.

From Project Gutenberg

This, however, is assuming a great deal, and in so doing is uncritical.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cursory
• perfunctory