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uncritical

adjective

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Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English critical English uncritical From un- + critical.

  1. Lacking critique or critical examination; undiscriminating.

    an uncritical review

    Let any competent judge read Hacket's Life of Archbishop Williams, and then these Sermons, and so measure the stultifying, nugifying effect of a blind and uncritical study of the Fathers […]

  2. Having a disregard for critical standards or procedures.
  3. Slow to criticize.

    uncritical to the point of tolerating incompetence, jeopardizing the business model