nonurgent

adjective

Definition of nonurgentnext
as in noncritical

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Recent Examples of nonurgent This crisis particularly affected those facilities that faced restrictions on nonurgent care. — Len Wright, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 At Mass General Brigham, the largest health care system in Massachusetts, all scheduled nonurgent surgeries, procedures and medical visits were canceled Friday, according to a spokesperson. — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 July 2024 Mass General Brigham, one of America’s biggest health care systems, canceled all nonurgent surgeries, procedures, and medical visits. — David Cox, WIRED, 19 July 2024 All other complaints are classified as nonurgent, and are responded to within 48 hours of notification to assess the complaint and schedule an inspection. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nonurgent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonurgent
  1. noncritical
  2. minor
  3. unimportant
  4. trivial
  5. incidental
Adjective
  • The victim was taken to the hospital in noncritical condition.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • If ransomware infiltrates a segment containing noncritical systems, the damage remains localized.
    — Sameer Malhotra, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of noncritical
Adjective
  • The researchers say that while the brain activity associated with these movements largely remained the same over time, their location within the brain could shift slightly from day to day — and this is why AI, which can automatically adjust for these minor changes — proved key.
    — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Proper treatment can help the liver heal from minor damage, including fibrosis.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • Saying that facts are constructed through social processes is not the same as saying facts are unimportant or made up.
    — Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But that’s not because the work of the public sector itself is unimportant.
    — Adam Chandler, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of unimportant
Adjective
  • What’s at risk The impact of an output such as calling a blueberry muffin a chihuahua may seem trivial, but consider the different kinds of technologies that use image recognition systems: An autonomous vehicle that fails to identify objects could lead to a fatal traffic accident.
    — Anna Choi, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The under-the-table payments at the center of the case, which involved sums of up to $100,000, now seem trivial in comparison to the rapidly escalating figures involved in today’s NIL economy.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of trivial
Adjective
  • Both seem incidental to his 47% Hard Hits for the past five years.
    — Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Anyone finding themselves attracted to him was otherwise incidental.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of incidental

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