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more urgent

ADJECTIVE

needing immediate attention

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compelling critical crucial demanding essential immediate imperative important indispensable necessary persuasive pressing serious vital weighty

WEAK

burning called-for capital chief clamant clamorous crying demanded driving exigent foremost heavy hurry-up impelling importunate insistent instant leading life and death momentous paramount primary principal required salient top-priority touch and go touchy wanted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile inessential insignificant light minor needless nonessential optional secondary small trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary unsubstantial voluntary

WEAK

moderate

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more urgent

It became an even more urgent one Thursday when Nacua was unable to finish practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

As he fades from the scene, the global crisis he came to represent is more urgent than ever.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

The question has grown more urgent after recent revelations of security incidents involving autonomous AI agents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

"This is even more urgent now, given the nature and scale of the risks at play. This is why we will set out our ideas to make a European Security Council a reality."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

At one point it shook so much that Cora put her arms around Caesar and they stayed like that for a good while, squeezing each other at the more urgent tremors, pressed against the hay.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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