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

In any case, the Comfort Colors T-shirt—specifically the standard-issue 100 percent cotton model no. 1717—checks every box for me. —Martin Cizmar, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2025

Who Makes the Best of Things Image On Thursday, the United States was insisting that a standard-issue statement from the Group of 7 nations, drafted by Canada to mark the third anniversary of the invasion next Monday, should be drastically shortened. —David E. Sanger, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for standard-issue

• reissue
• issue