Critical and Necessitous

Critical

Critical adjective - Needing immediate attention.
Usage example: this problem isn't critical, so we can go home now and tend to it in the morning

Necessitous and critical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Necessitous" instead an adjective "Critical".

Necessitous

Necessitous adjective - Impossible to do without.
Usage example: all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one

Critical and necessitous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Critical" instead an adjective "Necessitous".

Nearby Words: necessity, necessitated
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