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outprocessed

outprocessed is the simple past and past participle of outprocess.

Meaning of outprocess

Verb

outprocess (third-person singular simple present outprocesses, present participle outprocessing, simple past and past participle outprocessed)

  1. To complete the required processes and paperwork in order to end a military tour of duty.
    • When SGT Mclntyre Jr., loader, and SP4 Bologna, driver, had to leave to outprocess, SP4 Humphrey and SP4 Kemp were substituted as driver and loader and the crew went on to finish a perfect run, according to the company commander.1987, United States Cavalry Association, Armor - Volume 96, Issues 3-6, page 51
  2. (broadly) To complete the paperwork for ending a contractual arrangement.
    • Management generally prefers to notify and outprocess employees on the same day.1982, The Personnel Administrator - Volume 27, page 88
  3. To process better or more efficiently.
    • Why can we— a nation where people grow food and process food and distribute food only if they want to — why can we so consistently and so overwhelmingly outproduce, outprocess and outdistribute a nation where people are ordered to perform these functions . . . under threat of the severest penalties...1947, Super Market Institute, Proceedings of the annual convention, page 34

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Questions about outprocessed

What is outprocessed the simple past and past participle of?
Outprocessed is the simple past and past participle of outprocess.

Words near outprocessed in the dictionary

  1. outprize
  2. outprized
  3. outprizes
  4. outprizing
  5. outprocess
  6. outprocessed
  7. outprocesses
  8. outprocessing
  9. outproduce
  10. outproduced
  11. outproduces

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