off-the-shelf
adjective
: available as a stock item : not specially designed or custom-made
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Examples of off-the-shelf in a Sentence
she chose to have her computer designed to her specifications rather than buying an off-the-shelf machine
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Around that time, another U.S. four-star general, David Perkins, complained to an Army conference audience that an ally had shot down a cheap off-the-shelf drone with a $3.4 million Patriot missile.
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2024
That’s why, sometimes, automakers will decide to use an off-the-shelf part on their new car.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
In the same way, custom wallpaper panels or murals are generally more expensive than off-the-shelf rolls of wallpaper.
—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Some e-bike makers are unique, but many, especially at the low end, are little more than nameplates affixed to off-the-shelf Chinese e-bikes assembled from a catalog.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 May 2024
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2024
That’s why, sometimes, automakers will decide to use an off-the-shelf part on their new car.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
In the same way, custom wallpaper panels or murals are generally more expensive than off-the-shelf rolls of wallpaper.
—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Some e-bike makers are unique, but many, especially at the low end, are little more than nameplates affixed to off-the-shelf Chinese e-bikes assembled from a catalog.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 May 2024
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“Off-the-shelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-the-shelf. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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