one-size-fits-all
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- adjective
- /ˈwʌn saɪz fɪts ɔl/
- There's no one-size-fits-all answer to your question.
- one-size-fits-all approach
- one-size-fits-all solution
- one-size-fits-all curriculum
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Watch on YouTubeWe should, we shouldn't try to give people one-size-fits-all medical advice.
- We should, we shouldn't try to give people one-size-fits-all medical advice.
- And I'm a big believer that decluttering is not a one-size-fits-all approach.
- How can you create, you know, these kind of one-size-fits-all bust bands with clasps at the back?
- I've never said that there's a one-size-fits-all approach.
- Because that is an area where it is not a one-size-fits-all.
- And so it's, it's it, there's, it's not one-size-fits-all.
- That sort of trade off is very difficult to make at one-size-fits-all level.
- However, there is no one-size-fits-all approach because the symptoms of ASD are so varied.
- In both cases, you have one-size-fits-all applicable to a wide range of tumors.
- So generally, yes, but like all things in nutrition, Jonathan, we know that there is no one-size-fits-all.
- So what this tells us is that magnesium's influence on vitamin D status is not a one-size-fits-all.
Examples
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And I'm a big believer that decluttering is not a one-size-fits-all approach.
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However, there is no one-size-fits-all approach because the symptoms of ASD are so varied.
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Justice is not a one-size-fits-all journey.
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It's not one-size-fits-all, So what works for me may not work for you.
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Yet it rose to the top using a "one-size-fits-all" approach to managing employees.
Academic text (2003) -
We should, we shouldn't try to give people one-size-fits-all medical advice.
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It's my least favorite because there's no one-size-fits-all for design.
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Perhaps there is no "one-size-fits-all" organization scheme for 21st-century school libraries.
Academic text (2013) -
Choices are offered to accommodate individual preferences, so that the model enhances liberty rather than imposing one-size-fits-all regimentation.
Academic text (2008) -
A one-size-fits-all approach to education may neglect the specific needs of individual students.
Synonyms
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5.1
Applying to everyone in a group without exception
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5.6
Made to work with different sizes or types
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3.2
Can be used for many different things, like cooking or cleaning
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6.0
Including everything and everyone in a single plan
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4.6
Including everything or everyone without leaving anything out
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Works for many different people or situations
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8.3
That applies to all people or situations
Antonyms
How Tailored
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word one-size-fits-all comes from clothes and hat labels that said one size fits all, meaning 'one size is right for everyone'. That's why one-size-fits-all now describes a plan or product meant to work for every person without change.