non-critical
Can be skipped
Non-critical describes something not essential or not requiring immediate attention.
A non-critical system can fail without catastrophic consequences.
Non-critical injuries are serious enough to note but not life-threatening.
In computing and medicine, the term distinguishes routine matters from urgent ones: The update addresses non-critical bugs.
Providing additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
incidental · accessory · secondary · supportive · fringe · marginal · collateral · adjunct
Able to be sacrificed
- expendableAble to be sacrificed
- unnecessaryNot essential or required
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- nonessentialNot required or needed
redundant · surplus · unrequired · discretionary · elective · voluntary · skippable · deferrable
Lacking significance or weight
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- slightMinor or thin
- pettyOf little importance
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
trifling · negligible · unimportant · small · marginal · modest · minimal · limited
ancillary
Providing additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
tangential · incidental · accessory · secondary · supportive · fringe · marginal · collateral · adjunct · complementary
dispensable
Able to be sacrificed
- expendableAble to be sacrificed
- unnecessaryNot essential or required
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
nonessential · redundant · surplus · unrequired · discretionary · elective · voluntary · skippable · deferrable · removable
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- slightMinor or thin
- pettyOf little importance
inconsequential · trifling · negligible · unimportant · small · marginal · modest · minimal · limited · insubstantial
deferred
Set aside until later
- postponedMoved to a later date
- delayedMade to wait longer
- backloggedHaving accumulated unfinished work
deprioritized · sidelined · tabled · shelved · queued · parked · pending · routine · unhurried · leisurely
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
- medical resultspositive, negative, normal, abnormal, inconclusive
non-criticalcritical
Expressing disapproval or importance
vital · essential · crucial · indispensable · necessary
non-criticalcritical
Expressing disapproval or importance
critical condition · serious · severe · acute · grave
non-criticalcritical
Expressing disapproval or importance
analytical · evaluative · judgmental · discerning · scrutinizing
critical, critically, critic, critique, critiques, critiqued, critiquing, criticism, criticisms