outprocess

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ process.

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.
   • 1987, United States Cavalry Association, Armor - Volume 96, Issues 3-6, page 51:

     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.

   • 1994, Michael P. Vriesenga, From the Line in the Sand, →ISBN, page 33:

     We forwarded projected departure lists to various base agencies instead of asking each person to outprocess through each agency.

   • 2003, Jessica Hall, The Deepest Edge, →ISBN, page 64:

     "I'm a short-timer now, General." Sean chuckled. "Soon as the base doc clears me, I outprocess for a well-earned retirement."

2. (by extension) To complete the paperwork for ending a contractual arrangement.
   • 1982, The Personnel Administrator - Volume 27, page 88:

     Management generally prefers to notify and outprocess employees on the same day.

   • 1995, Americans with Disabilities Cases - Volume 4, page 929:

     She claims that she has had “problems with her loan package as they are constantly trying to outprocess her student loans,” “has experienced professors that refused to speak to her,” has had “a student approach her about her health,” and "was denied honors in a course because of this matter."

   • 1996, Louise Moser Illes, Sizing Down: Chronicle of a Plant Closing, page 168:

     Contributing to the problem was the surprise request from fab management to outprocess about 120 employees a week early.

3. To process better or more efficiently.
   • 1947, Super Market Institute, Proceedings of the annual convention, page 34:

     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 for disobedience?

   • 1997, G. Lynne Snead, Joyce Wycoff, To Do Doing Done:, →ISBN:

     As computers became faster and faster, people expected them to outprocess the human brain.

   • 1999, Jeri Fink, Cyberseduction: Reality in the Age of Psychotechnology, page 172:

     We defy nature to protect our physical and psychological integrity, relentlessly seeking to prove that we can outprocess our own biological identities.

Noun

outprocess (plural outprocesses)

1. To procedures and paperwork surrounding the termination of a military tour of duty
   • 1979, The Engineer - Volume 9, Issue 3 - Volume 10, Issue 3, page 20:

     The day began with an organized outprocess consisting of thirteen points where personnel filled out mail cards and baggage tags, weighed baggage, received briefings, and bid farewell to their friends and families.

   • 1990, The Air Force Law Review, page 351:

     SSgt Weight was scheduled to return in two days at the completion of his annual tour and outprocess.

   • 2009, Examining the Department of Homeland Security's Efforts to Recruit, Hire, and Promote Veterans:

     Well, as somebody who demobilized, I didn't like the outprocesses very much myself, hanging out to do very little, I thought.

Alternative forms

• out-process

Anagrams

• postcourse