noncritical

adj 1: (chemistry and physics) not critical; not at a point of

abrupt change [ant: {critical}]

2: not in a state of crisis or emergency [syn: {noncrucial}]

[ant: {critical}]

3: marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures;

"news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number

of juvenile addicts" [syn: {uncritical}] [ant: {critical}]

nontrivial

Requiring real thought or significant computing power. Often

used as an understated way of saying that a problem is quite

difficult or impractical, or even entirely unsolvable

("Proving P◦NP is nontrivial"). The preferred emphatic form

is "decidedly nontrivial".

See {uninteresting}, {interesting}.

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(1995-02-21)