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descoped

descoped is the simple past and past participle of descope.

Meaning of descope

Verb

descope (third-person singular simple present descopes, present participle descoping, simple past and past participle descoped)

  1. (US) To reduce the scope of; to revise objectives downward, sometimes in the context of a funding shortfall.
    • The arms controllers who "descoped" the Patriot bear a heavy burden.1991 March 26, “Lethal Control of Arms”, in Washington Times

Questions about descoped

What is descoped the simple past and past participle of?
Descoped is the simple past and past participle of descope.

Words near descoped in the dictionary

  1. desclerotization
  2. desclerotizations
  3. descloizite
  4. descloizites
  5. descope
  6. descoped
  7. descopes
  8. descoping
  9. descramble
  10. descrambled
  11. descrambler

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