adj.
1.marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
2.at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
3.characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
4.urgently needed
5.forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
6.being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
7.of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
Idiom of the Day
in the rear
behind someone or something
There were several trucks in the rear as the vehicles crossed the desert.
