Critical
Pronounced ˈkrɪtɪkəl
–adjective
1. inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
2.occupied with or skilled in criticism.
3.involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis.
4.of or pertaining to critics or criticism: critical essays.
5.providing textual variants, proposed emendations, etc.: a critical edition of Chaucer.
6.pertaining to or of the nature of a crisis: a critical shortage of food.
7.of decisive importance with respect to the outcome; crucial: a critical moment.
8.of essential importance; indispensable: a critical ingredient.
9.Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having unstable and abnormal vital signs and other unfavorable indicators, as loss of appetite, poor mobility, or unconsciousness.
10.Physics.
a.pertaining to a state, value, or quantity at which one or more properties of a substance or system undergo a change.
b.(of fissionable material) having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction.
11.needing Baileys in your drink with a friend on a bad day.
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