All 6 Uses

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The Tipping Point
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It used to be an acute infection, something that most people could get treated fairly quickly before they had a chance to infect many others.
Chpt 1 *

acute = severely negative
The people who didn't get a buzz from their first cigarette and who found the whole experience so awful that they never smoked again are probably people whose bodies are acutely sensitive to nicotine, incapable of handling it in even the smallest doses.
Chpt 7 *

acutely = sharply (highly)
It had been an acute infection.†
Chpt 1
They say that the criminal — far from being someone who acts for fundamental, intrinsic reasons and who lives in his own world — is actually someone acutely sensitive to his environment, who is alert to all kinds of cues, and who is prompted to commit crimes based on his perception of the world around him.†
Chpt 4
Four more then had to be released because of "extreme emotional depression, crying, rage, and acute anxiety."†
Chpt 4
To look closely at complex behaviors like smoking or suicide or crime is to appreciate how suggestible we are in the face of what we see and hear, and how acutely sensitive we are to even the smallest details of everyday life.†
Chpt 8

Definitions:

(1) (acute as in: acute pain)
sharp (severe or strong) -- usually negative
(2) (acute as in: acute sense of smell)
sharp (highly perceptive in some area or mentally sharp)
(3) (acute angle as in: an acute angle)
ending in a narrow point or angle; or describing an angle measuring less than 90 degrees
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)