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critical

adjective
  1. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
    “a critical attitude”
  2. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
    “a critical reading”
  3. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
    “a critical shortage of food”
  4. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
    “a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure”
  5. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
    “a critical point in the campaign”
    decisive
  6. urgently needed
    vital
  7. of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
    “critical acclaim”