Definitions

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  • verb management, US To strategically revise objectives downward, usually done but not always in the context of a funding shortfall

Etymologies

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de- +‎ scope. First attested in US military and aerospace contexts.

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Examples

  • If you descope, what does that do to the science per dollar?

    Lack of Discipline = Slaughter of the Innocents - NASA Watch 2008

  • Also, can we descope the anti-terror laws somewhat, so that they apply to terrorist activity, rather than photography, cycling, trainspotting, protesting, etc.

    “1984 was a warning, not a blueprint” - the Liberal Democrat Freedom Bill Alix Mortimer 2009

  • Then descope everything accept the first one and half groups.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • Instead we're having to reprofile, descope and delay a lot of kit, and all of a sudden it looks like we're taking risk in some seriously wide areas, and not just one cancellation.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • Instead we're having to reprofile, descope and delay a lot of kit, and all of a sudden it looks like we're taking risk in some seriously wide areas, and not just one cancellation.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • Instead we're having to reprofile, descope and delay a lot of kit, and all of a sudden it looks like we're taking risk in some seriously wide areas, and not just one cancellation.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • Instead we're having to reprofile, descope and delay a lot of kit, and all of a sudden it looks like we're taking risk in some seriously wide areas, and not just one cancellation.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

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