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standard issue

standard issue adjective: regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.

Adjective

standard issue (not comparable)

  1. Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.
    • Near-synonyms: standard; stock; regular; baseline
    • Most employees of this company get a standard issue laptop, but those in the art department get a more powerful model.
  2. (broadly, derogatory) Not special or remarkable; conventional.
    • Near-synonyms: basic, garden variety, humdrum, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plain vanilla, unremarkable; see also Thesaurus:normal
    • Standard-issue liberal guilt and hand-wringingly uninteresting dilemmas are the order of the day, with no real surprises or challenges.2016 January 7, Peter Bradshaw, “A War review – standard issue Afghan war drama”, in the Guardian, →ISSN
    Antonyms:
    premium, deluxe

Noun

standard issue (uncountable)

  1. The normal equipment or supplies issued by an organization.
    • A Smith & Wesson double-action .38 revolver was the standard issue in those days.
    • For food and clothing, we were happy to get the standard issue, as it was way better than anything we had been used to, truth be told.

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Questions about standard issue

What does standard issue mean?
Standard issue means regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.
What part of speech is standard issue?
Standard issue can be an adjective or a noun.

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