surplused
Made officially redundant
Surplused means declared excess to requirements and disposed of, typically by a government or institution.
Equipment, property, or inventory that organizations no longer need gets surplused—sold off, donated, or scrapped: The school district surplused its old computers.
The term appears mainly in bureaucratic and military contexts, where surplus functions as a verb.
Surplus goods beyond demand
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- glutExcessive surplus
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- overageAmount beyond expected
extra · spare · unneeded · redundant · leftover · remaining · overflow · backlog
Termination without cause
- terminationAct of ending something
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- furloughGranted absence from work
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
severance · pink slip · outplacement · displacement · workforce reduction · reduction in force · RIF · early retirement
No longer in use
- outdatedNo longer in use
- decommissionedRemoved from active service
- mothballedPreserved but inactive
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
retired · phased out · superseded · replaced · disused · unused · legacy · end-of-life
Sold through bidding
- liquidatedConverted holdings to currency
- offloadedTransferred elsewhere, relieved oneself of
- divestedStripped of assets
- decommissionedRemoved from active service
discarded · donated · recycled · salvaged · scrapped · sold off · transferred · written off
Enforced economic stringency
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- deficit reductionShrinking budget shortfalls
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
overstock
Surplus goods beyond demand
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- glutExcessive surplus
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
overage · extra · spare · unneeded · redundant · leftover · remaining · overflow · backlog · stockpile
layoff
Termination without cause
- terminationAct of ending something
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- furloughGranted absence from work
downsizing · severance · pink slip · outplacement · displacement · workforce reduction · reduction in force · RIF · early retirement · job elimination
obsolete
No longer in use
- outdatedNo longer in use
- decommissionedRemoved from active service
- mothballedPreserved but inactive
deprecated · retired · phased out · superseded · replaced · disused · unused · legacy · end-of-life · write-off
auctioned
Sold through bidding
- liquidatedConverted holdings to currency
- offloadedTransferred elsewhere, relieved oneself of
- divestedStripped of assets
decommissioned · discarded · donated · recycled · salvaged · scrapped · sold off · transferred · written off · cleared out
austerity
Enforced economic stringency
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- deficit reductionShrinking budget shortfalls
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
appropriations · public assets · sequestration · spending cuts
surplusedrequisitioned
Formally demanded for use
acquired · procured · commissioned · purchased · obtained
- army surplusLeftover government equipment
- military surplusExcess armed forces goods
- budget surplusRevenue exceeding outlays
- surplus storesOutlets for excess goods
- surplus foodSupply beyond requirements
- surplus goodsUnsold remaining merchandise