Antonyms for critical masscrit·i·cal mass

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Princeton's WordNet

1. critical massnoun

   the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture

   "the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass"; "there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead"; "they sold the business because it lacked critical mass"

2. critical massnoun

   the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction

How to use critical mass in a sentence?

1. George Will:

   When SiSi of Egypt, head of the most important nation in the world for the Islamic world… gives an extraordinary speech saying this is a disgrace what's being done and there must be a reformation in Islam, it is just possible we've reached a critical mass of horror and things are going to change.

2. Grzegorz Zawada:

   Once we reach a critical mass, somebody will be the first mover and I think it will change the whole co-location thing.

3. Leonard Steinhorn:

   When you have a critical mass of that generation that subscribes to those principles and sets them as their North Star to be able to live in a society like that, that gives me a little bit of hope.

4. Chris Wheeler:

   If they are making better use of their capital it's got to be a good thing. But for anybody who believes in critical mass and the importance of scale then it's a bad thing, especially when you start to withdraw from the biggest market in the world.

5. Jenny Shipley:

   In New Zealand, New Zealand's possible for a woman to get elected to parliament because you don't have to be wealthy, i think New Zealand has got easier, simply because there's a critical mass.

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