Some disadvantages of the Engineering Cost Estimating method include: [2] 1  It can be expensive to implement and it is time consuming. 2  It is not flexible enough to answer what-if questions. 3  New estimates must be built for each alternative.  The product specification must be well known and stable.
grutch (v.) c. 1200, grucchen, to murmur, complain, find fault with, be angry, from Old French grouchier, grocier to murmur, to grumble, of unknown origin, perhaps from Germanic, probably ultimately imitative. Meaning to begrudge is c. 1400. Compare gruccild (early 13c.) woman who complains, from grutch + suffix of
When you think about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, associate a rout with the agonizing defeat. A rout is the kind of humiliating loss that makes you wish you would have been injured in the first quarter so you could have avoided the outcome. One way to remember the meaning of the word rout is to consider its similarity to the word riot, both suggesting a disastrous mess. One interesting thing about the word rout is that whether it's used as a noun or as a verb, it's spelled the same and implies a similar meaning.