standard-issue

adjective

stan·​dard-is·​sue ˈstan-dərd-ˈi-(ˌ)shü 

: standard, typical

a standard-issue action movie

a standard-issue blue suit

Synonyms

• average
• common
• commonplace
• cut-and-dried
• cut-and-dry
• everyday
• garden-variety
• normal
• ordinary
• prosaic
• routine
• run-of-the-mill
• standard
• unexceptional
• unremarkable
• usual
• workaday

Examples of standard-issue in a Sentence

another standard-issue thriller with a man on the run desperately trying to find the baddie who framed him for murder

Recent Examples on the Web

Drake alludes to the rap beef heard around the world — and at the Super Bowl — with pretty standard-issue Drake talk. —Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025

Most of Kirk’s suggestions — more campus events, a more aggressive presence on social media — were standard-issue. —Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025

Overview The Arclight Hollywood had a more spacious ambiance, a different feel in some ways from the comfortable but more standard-issue AMC and similar locations. —Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025

On paper, this might read as standard-issue character development, but the two actors beautifully sell their growing ease around one another. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above