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

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

This mellowness was epitomized by Rolex acting like good-old Rolex, releasing standard-issue models in standard colorways. —Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2024

And law enforcement agencies that previously required magazine disconnects in standard-issue weapons have largely moved to guns without them. —Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024

At a football club, every training session and match is analysed — GPS packs, long since a standard-issue accessory at the elite level, measure everything a player does — but that creates a huge amount of data for a medical department to process. —Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above