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most 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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most urgent

His most urgent task was to mold passer Justin Herbert into a winner after prior regimes seemed to squander his talents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

"In public health, we always know our most urgent priorities, but too often we don't have the immediate resources or in-house technical solutions to achieve them," said Shah.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

In a society shaped by fragmentation and misperception, the capacity to remain present with complexity is one of the most urgent skills we can cultivate.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

It democratizes constitutional enforcement because it poses the simplest and most urgent question: Does the state have actual grounds to take away this person’s liberty?

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

“I require your assistance in a most urgent task.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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