surplused
- 1Simple past and past participle of surplus.
The agency surplused hundreds of vehicles once the contract ended.
Outdated lab equipment was surplused to community colleges.
Note
The verb behind this form was made from the noun and adjective surplus, and it takes a regular -ed ending with a single s. Because the verb is transitive, its participle fits naturally in the passive. Equipment is surplused, and in workplace use, so are staff let go as no longer needed. The same spelling serves the simple past (the agency surplused its fleet) and the perfect (has surplused).
surplused is a form of surplus
surplus, verb: To treat people or things as surplus to requirements, as by selling off property or dismissing employees from their jobs. Full entry
- Forms
- surplussurpluses he/she/itsurplusing -ing formsurplused past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- surplus → surplused: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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