non-urgent
3.7
Not needing immediate attention or action
- adjective
- /nɒnˈɜrdʒənt/
:
no urgente
- And then implemented that on the iPad and in our first iteration our home screen was two large buttons for urgent and non urgent requests.
Examples
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The doctor assured me that my condition was non-urgent and could be addressed later.
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She decided to handle the non-urgent tasks after completing the more pressing ones.
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If the matter is non-urgent, you can wait for my response until tomorrow.
Synonyms
noncritical
vsnon-urgent
1
4.1
Not serious or urgent and not part of a dangerous situation
focuses only on timing, not on importance or crisis risk
nonemergent
vsnon-urgent
1
6.6
Not needing attention right away
is only about lacking immediate need rather than suddenness
nonserious
vsnon-urgent
1
2.6
Not important, often small and playful
relates to lack of immediate need rather than to low seriousness
nonemergency
vsnon-urgent
3.6
Not urgent and does not need action right away
is the general idea of not needing immediate action, not just services
Antonyms
How Urgent
Surface Forms
non-urgent positive
Morphology
Etymology
Non-urgent is made from non- meaning 'not' and urgent, which comes from the Latin verb urgere meaning 'to press' or 'push'. So non-urgent means something that does not 'push' you to act now and can wait.