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non-urgent

non-urgent

1 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

  • The doctor assured me that my condition was non-urgent and could be addressed later.

  • She decided to handle the non-urgent tasks after completing the more pressing ones.

  • If the matter is non-urgent, you can wait for my response until tomorrow.

Synonyms

nonemergency
vsnon-urgent
1 3.6

Not urgent and does not need action right away

is the general idea of not needing immediate action, not just services
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

Antonyms

309 2.9

Very important and needing action right away

How Urgent

emergency
∞ 1.3
critical
800 4.0
urgent
309 2.9
non-urgent
1 3.7
routine
333 1.0

Surface Forms

non-urgent positive

Morphology

non-urgent = urgent (transparent) = non + urgent

The productive negating prefix 'non-' directly yields the opposite meaning of 'urgent', which is readily inferable by learners.

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.