UNUSUAL SOLUTIONS

1. a phrase describing actions taken by an auditor or a case or auditing supervisor when he or she has not spotted the gross auditing error. The "unusual solution" seldom resolves any case because the data on which it is based (the observation or report) is incomplete or inaccurate. (HCOB 16 Nov 64)2. an "unusual solution" is one evolved to remedy an abuse of existing technology. (ISE, p. 46)