English-Dutch translations for critical

kritiek
We bevinden ons nu in een kritieke fase. We are now really in a critical phase. In ons verslag voor 2010 uiten we kritiek, veel kritiek, maar het is opbouwende kritiek. Our 2010 report is highly critical, but also constructive. De kritieke periode is waarschijnlijk nog niet voorbij. The critical period is probably still not over.
kritisch
In 35 gevallen heb ik kritische opmerkingen gemaakt. In 35 cases, I issued a critical remark. Toch heb ik ook een aantal kritische opmerkingen. However, I do have several critical remarks. Ik zal dit verslag met een buitengewoon kritisch oog bekijken. I shall be extremely critical of this report.

penibelDe huisvestingssituatie in de Europese Unie is penibel. The housing situation in the EU is critical.

Inclined to find fault or criticize
Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point
Extremely important
Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism
Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility
Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable
Of the point where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining
''physics'') Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied
A critical value, factor, etc
In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other

A good teacher is fair but critical
This is a critical moment
Its critical that you deliver this on time
The movie was a critical success, but bombed at the box-office
The patients condition is critical
The political situation was so critical that the government declared the state of siege
The reaction was about to become critical

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