Replace

The harshest of the three verdicts: the number misleads badly enough that adding companions will not rescue it, so you retire it and name a different measure that actually tracks the outcome before you leave the courtroom.

The harshest of the three verdicts: the number misleads badly enough that adding companions will not rescue it, so you retire it and name a different measure that actually tracks the outcome before you leave the courtroom.

Example

Alongside the scale you had been logging "days under 1,500 calories." Prosecution wins outright: you can hit it by skipping breakfast and bingeing at 10 p.m. Verdict is replace, so you drop the count and measure waist circumference once a month instead.