Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

standard issue

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables: stan-dard- is-sue
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.

adj

Not special or remarkable; conventional.

Derogatory

noun

The normal equipment or supplies issued by an organization.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"While we have long endured the sneering tone in discussions about council homes with “ugly” fire doors, and standard-issue gas heaters hastily turned into MDF fireplaces on home-makeover shows, CDWM explores a subtler classism."
"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."
"A Smith & Wesson double-action .38 revolver was the standard issue in those days."

Usage

Phrases

service pistol

Frequently Paired Words

mil-spec standardization standardness service pistol

Synonyms

standard stock regular baseline basic garden variety humdrum ordinary pedestrian plain plain Jane plain vanilla

Antonyms

special specialized special issue custom customized bespoke premium deluxe

Questions

What does standard issue mean?: Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.

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