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criticproof

criticproof adjective: resistant to negative responses from critics.

Adjective

criticproof (comparative more criticproof, superlative most criticproof)

  1. Resistant to negative responses from critics.
    • No one disputes Lloyd Webber's talent for promotion. He always opens in London and wins over British audiences before heading to the vastly more expensive Broadway stage. The result is a criticproof show.1988, U.S. news & world report: Volume 104, Issues 1-8
    • The fourth Naked Brothers movie, which will be shown on Nickelodeon Friday night, is clumsy but criticproof.2008 June 6, Susan Stewart, “One Bus, Many Plot Twists”, in New York Times

Forms of criticproof

comparativemore criticproof
superlativemost criticproof

Origin of criticproof

From critic + -proof.

Questions about criticproof

What does criticproof mean?
Criticproof means resistant to negative responses from critics.
What part of speech is criticproof?
Criticproof is an adjective.

Words near criticproof in the dictionary

  1. criticking
  2. critickins
  3. criticks
  4. criticoid
  5. criticoids
  6. criticproof
  7. critics
  8. criticship
  9. criticule
  10. criticules
  11. critiquability

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