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standard-issue
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Her clothing was standard-issue, anyway.
▪ It also featured the standard-issue metal bar that jabs viciously into your back no matter what position you try to sleep in.
▪ What furnishings existed were standard-issue Army gear.

Usage examples of "standard-issue".

Henderson showed him the galley, a drab utilitarian place sporting little more than a mahogany bartree and standard-issue chairbeasts.

A rapid glance before stashing them left me with an afterimage of an organization called the Human Rights Federation, with a stack of letterhead sponsors, each with a string of impressive-looking letters after his or her name: businesspeople, a few token trade-unionists, academics, engineers -- your standard-issue New Money think-tank front.

Murdock led them out on a ten-mile march with full operational loads, including combat vests with standard-issue ammo for the various weapons.

Uzis are now the standard-issue weapon for all Chamber of Commerce members, but it would be interesting to do a survey.

Thandi had insisted on completely slaving the controls for the Sustained Use Thruster packs strapped over their standard-issue Marine skinsuits, much to their disgust.

He was thin, of average height, wearing plain armour and an undecorated standard-issue short-sword strapped to his belt.

They had the regulation sleep-stretch locks and the standard-issue star-effect tattoos, making Volyova feel simultaneously ancient and envious.

The standard-issue boot for nonparachutists was known as the combat boot.

The Colonel had a standard-issue desktop computer, but no less than four televi- sion sets bunched side by side against the wall opposite the desk.

Mr Snow did not disclose its contents to his fleet-footed messenger but inside was a thin, standard-issue chain necklace and dog tag bearing Steve's name and number, and a dozen threads of Dream Cap.

Their praise dries up as the Elves suddenly notice that Makri is not the standard-issue woman they took her for.

In my buttoned-up chef's coat, check pants, neckerchief and standard-issue leatherette knife roll-up, I arrived determined but full of attitude.

The surfer boy had the kind of standard-issue good looks I associate with junior partners in the CIA, but his name tape said NEVSKY and repeated itself in Cyrillic.

As the Boston Whaler's engine idled, she buckled on one of the standard-issue, full-sized, personal flotation devices, easing the bottom strap so the vest would fit over her sidearm and Kevlar vest.

Polis would have been his guess, even if they weren't holding up warrant cards, which were in themselves less confirmatory than the standard-issue moustaches.