How to Use noncritical in a Sentence

noncritical

adjective
  • Lane restrictions will occur in the fall and next spring to accommodate work on noncritical items.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Another man at the scene suffered noncritical gunshot wounds.
    — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Nearly 15 percent were admitted to noncritical care units and more than a third were seen in emergency rooms.
    — Jonel Aleccia, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The driver was taken to a hospital with noncritical injuries.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The man stabbed one of the deputies, who was taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries, according to the department.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • One is in critical condition and two others are noncritical, according to the chief.
    — Alta Spells, CNN, 21 June 2021
  • Try to have a serious and noncritical conversation with your son, and make sure that your attention is focused solely on him.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The trend is a twist on the perception of medical tourism as a way to save money, often on noncritical procedures like dental work and face-lifts.
    — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • The rest sustained noncritical injuries and were taken to area hospitals via ground transportation.
    — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The move will permit the reopening of noncritical retail stores and offices, but with capacity limits, the state says.
    — Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, 9 May 2020
  • The student suffered noncritical injuries and is being treated at a hospital.
    — Ryan Faircloth, Star Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The other two also showed up at North Memorial and were being treated for noncritical gunshot wounds.
    — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
  • The bicyclist was taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries.
    — Susan Du, Star Tribune, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The suspect, who was alone in his vehicle, suffered serious but noncritical injuries and was taken to a hospital.
    — Katy Read, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Five more shooting victims left the scene in private vehicles to seek treatment at hospitals for noncritical injuries, police said.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The victims — two males and one female — were taken to HCMC with noncritical injuries.
    — Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 16 May 2021
  • The girl was conscious when she was transported to the hospital in noncritical condition, Avitia said.
    — Audrey Jensen, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2020
  • In that shocking June 18 incident, three U students were shot and all of the victims had noncritical injuries.
    — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
  • One of the victims was dead at the scene and the other five were transported to local hospitals with conditions varying from critical to noncritical.
    — Daniel Allman and Faith Karimi, CNN, 20 Sep. 2019
  • At Parkland, the average noncritical patient stays eight days, while the average intensive care patient stays about a month.
    — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Choose a noncritical system (like a training or test server), and deploy a basic AI security agent there.
    — Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Eight people were flown to nearby hospitals, according to the release, and those with noncritical injuries were taken by ground transportation.
    — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The agency added that two teenage patients were treated for injuries and that one was transported to a hospital with noncritical injuries related to the bear encounter.
    — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • There are precedents for this kind of postinfectious, noncritical illness, such as posttreatment Lyme disease.
    — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Airlines can also use GoDirect Trade to buy noncritical parts to fix seats or in-flight entertainment systems.
    — Agam Shah, WSJ, 28 May 2019
  • Workers have been asked to take voluntary leave and the company is freezing noncritical hiring and raises for senior-level employees.
    — Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The remaining 213 noncritical patients were going to be moved to another building that had power.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The hospital’s cafeteria has been outfitted as a makeshift intensive care unit for 74 noncritical virus patients.
    — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2020
  • One woman was taken to the hospital in noncritical condition, according to the department.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The idea is to take some pressure off hospitals and health departments by directing people with noncritical issues directly to a testing site, the company said.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2020

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