The terminology is fine. "Why haven't you already done X?" "We were doing Y, we thought it was more important." There is more than one way to refer to this fam

The terminology is fine. "Why haven't you already done X?" "We were doing Y, we thought it was more important." There is more than one way to refer to this familiar situation. I could say "opportunity cost," I could say "priority," I could say "limited resources." I could pick one of those and say the others are all wrong, but what do I gain by doing that?