Sentence examples for was surplus from inspiring English sources
adjective
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
"My bedroom was surplus to its requirements.
The advert's creators clearly felt a head was surplus to requirements.
He was politely told that a small submarine he offered rescue workers was surplus to requirements.
"Anything which was surplus to that I wanted to try and do something with it.
But much of the equipment was surplus that was old and costly to maintain.
A spokesperson for Bicester Village said the majority of merchandise there was "surplus stock from full-price designer brands".
The remainder is "surplus labour," and the value it produces is "surplus value".
(1) Such reductions are surplus, permanent, quantifiable, and federally enforceable.
Otherwise, it implies that the water resources are surplus.
Most are "surplus" cubs, bred by zoos, or their descendants.
And he's not alone in being surplus to requirements.
