Mission-critical, translated

"Mission-critical" sounds precise because it sounds expensive. The phrase means something is extremely important or necessary for a company or activity to operate successfully. In a meeting, the phrase often arrives before the useful part: what breaks, who owns the test, and when the result is due.

A clearer version names the failure and the follow-up: Jordan owns the payroll test; the export must run without errors by Friday. The urgency can stay. The fog has to leave.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary — [https://dictionary.[cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mission-critical](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mission-critical)](https://cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mission-critical](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mission-critical))

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