dire vs uncritical

dire

adj
  • Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal. 

  • Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous. 

  • Bad in quality, awful, terrible. 

  • Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. 

uncritical

adj
  • Lacking critique or critical examination; undiscriminating. 

  • Slow to criticize. 

  • Having a disregard for critical standards or procedures. 

How often have the words dire and uncritical occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )