Expressing disapproval

adjective

1. Inclined to criticize severely and unfavorably

   "Don't be so critical. This is just a first attempt."

2. Consisting of or involving criticism

   "critical writings"

3. Exercising or involving careful judgment or judicious evaluation

   "critical thinking"

4. Including variant readings and scholarly emendations

   "a critical edition"

5. Indispensable, vital

   "a critical waterfowl habitat"

6. Being in or approaching a state of crisis

   "a critical shortage"

7. Crucial, decisive

   "a critical test"

8. Of sufficient size to sustain a chain reaction
9. Sustaining a nuclear chain reaction

   "The reactor went critical."

noun

1. The least angle of incidence at which total reflection takes place

noun

1. The monitoring and treatment of critically ill or injured patients intensive care

   "Critical care involves the use of life-sustaining, high-technology medicine catering to a patient population that extends to both extremes of age. In adult ICUs, the average age is increasing and is now commonly well over 60 years."

2. A designated area of a hospital providing critical care intensive care unit

   "The death toll rose from six to at least 12, with scores of people needing hospital treatment and some in critical care."

3. the monitoring and treatment of critically ill or injured patients : intensive care
4. a designated area of a hospital providing critical care : intensive care unit —often hyphenated when used before another noun

noun

1. A unit of a hospital providing intensive care for critically ill or injured patients intensive care unit

   "In the critical care unit, I was strapped into several machines that would monitor my vitals."

noun

1. A serious state in which an ill or injured individual has dangerously unstable or abnormal vital signs and typically requires short-term life support measures (such as mechanical respiration or defibrillation) for stabilization and support prior to or during recovery

   "The man sustained serious injuries and is still unconscious and in critical condition at Salina Hope Hospital."

noun

1. A size, number, or amount large enough to produce a particular result

   "the critical mass of activity needed for a retail store"

noun

1. A point on the graph of a function where the derivative is zero or infinite

noun

1. A group of concepts (such as the idea that race see race is a sociological rather than biological designation, and that racism see racism pervades society and is fostered and perpetuated by the legal system) used for examining the relationship between race and the laws and legal institutions of a country and especially the United States

   "Critical race theory essentially forces legal scholars to ask questions, she [Kimberlé Crenshaw] continued. For instance, why does possession of less expensive drugs carry higher jail sentences than more expensive drugs? Could this have anything to do with the fact that more people of color are in prison? "It is a way of looking at law's role … facilitating, producing, and even insulating racial inequality in our country, ranging from health to wealth to segregation to policing," said Crenshaw …"

noun

1. The set of outcomes of a statistical test for which the null hypothesis is to be rejected

noun

1. The act or practice of thinking critically (as by applying reason and questioning assumptions) in order to solve problems, evaluate information, discern biases, etc.

   "Today, what we call the Socratic method is a way of teaching that fosters critical thinking, in part by encouraging students to question their own unexamined beliefs, as well as the received wisdom of those around them."

2. The set of skills, methods, etc. involved in critical thinking

   "Media literacy enlivens how our schools teach critical thinking by serving as a bridge between the classroom and the world in which our young people live most of their waking lives."