(Especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock.
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Examples for "off-the-shelf "
1 Optus said an off - the - shelf product will be available in the coming months.
2 There were no off - the - shelf procedures or lists of war crimes to use.
3 Consumer-electronics companies are now trying to step in to offer off - the - shelf gadgets.
4 But the rest is from a number of commercial, off - the - shelf software programs.
5 There are all kinds of off - the - shelf schemes to help people do this.
1 Next year she will launch an off - the - peg range at more affordable prices.
2 Excuse me while I fall screaming into a gaping off - the - peg CGI ravine.
3 She was short, slender, and well-dressed in an off - the - peg but good-quality turquoise skirt suit.
4 His strange American film Fear X looked a little too much like off - the - peg David Lynch.
5 He bought a small, off - the - peg company, endowed it with the money, and applied for charitable status.
1 The ready - to - wear clothes industry, New York's major industry, is almost exclusively Jewish.
2 His fashion empire includes a ready - to - wear collection, accessories, home decor and fragrance.
3 He refused to compromise and produce ready - to - wear like so many other couturiers.
4 Or did he patronize a ready - to - wear shop that catered especially to primates?
5 He quit Patou, and hired himself out as a freelance ready - to - wear designer.
1 No offense, but that cheap off - the - rack suit doesn't help you fit in.
2 They were both wearing off - the - rack suits, and neither looked very happy.
3 It appeared to have been customised, with the off - the - rack version almost floor length.
4 He wore an off - the - rack blue suit that draped nicely over his fit body.
5 Nothing vital, nothing that wasn't off - the - rack at any decent sawbones.
6 Between her designer clothes purchased on Biblioteksgatan and Pernilla's off - the - rack blouses and long skirts.
7 His polyester shirt, tie, and off - the - rack suit suggested midlevel management.
8 Maxine Berkowitz wore a nicer-quality, tan, off - the - rack business suit.
9 The rest of him, off - the - rack in a brown suit.
10 She took in the short, round man in the off - the - rack suit and bright yellow tie.
11 Even if Caroline might have agreed to off - the - rack bridesmaid dresses, Samantha doubted C. B. Graham would.
12 Alteration of off - the - rack items was just as bad.
13 She dresses in off - the - rack men's jackets and trousers.
14 Covert Couture Designer one- offs modeled after off - the - rack merchandise.
15 She wore an off - the - rack tailored navy suit, with pointy-toed shoes that were worn at the heels.
16 Instead of taking off - the - rack clothes to the tailor, what if she could buy her clothes tailor-made?
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