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misprocure

misprocure verb: to procure incorrectly; to procure in a manner not in accordance with official policies and procedures.

Verb

misprocure (third-person singular simple present misprocures, present participle misprocuring, simple past and past participle misprocured)

  1. To procure incorrectly; to procure in a manner not in accordance with official policies and procedures.
    • Although he permitted "slap on the wrist" against the procurement personnel who misprocured on the basis of incorrect technical information, he did nothing against those technical personnel who "perpetrated misconceptions" and disseminated "statements which were inaccurate, unproven, inconsistent"...1983, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs, Management of the Department of Defense, page 29
    • In such cases, MCC will declare misprocurement and cancel that portion of the Compact allocated to the services that have been misprocured if corrective measures satisfactory to MCC are not taken.2011, CTIA: Consolidated Treaties and International Agreements, page 85

Examples of misprocure in a sentence

  • If procurement is not carried out as agreed, ADB will declare misprocurement, and normally cancel that portion of the financing allocated to the goods and works that have been misprocured.2013, Asian Development Bank, Procurement Guidelines:
  • When misprocurement is declared, the Bank will not finance expenditures under the contract that has been so misprocured.2017, Sope Williams-Elegbe, Public Procurement and Multilateral Development Banks:

Forms of misprocure

third-person singular presentmisprocures
present participlemisprocuring
past participlemisprocured
pastmisprocured

Origin of misprocure

From mis- + procure.

Questions about misprocure

What does misprocure mean?
Misprocure means to procure incorrectly; to procure in a manner not in accordance with official policies and procedures.
How do you use misprocure in a sentence?
If procurement is not carried out as agreed, ADB will declare misprocurement, and normally cancel that portion of the financing allocated to the goods and works that have been misprocured.
What part of speech is misprocure?
Misprocure is a verb.
What is the past tense of misprocure?
The past tense of misprocure is misprocured.

Words near misprocure in the dictionary

  1. misprocessing
  2. misproclaim
  3. misproclaimed
  4. misproclaiming
  5. misproclaims
  6. misprocure
  7. misprocured
  8. misprocurement
  9. misprocurements
  10. misprocures
  11. misprocuring

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