descoping
v.— «The 130 half-finished clinics will simply be removed from the contract—”de-scoping” is a new word one picks up quickly when looking at the hundreds of aborted projects in Iraq.» —“Iraq’s Reconstruction a Boondoogle by Design” by Joshua Holland AlterNet July 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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As I live and breathe, here comes 1984 again. Descoping? Talk about double talk! What is wrong with giving us the real name for it!