ready-made
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˈrɛdiˌmeɪd/
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cliché
- Parliamentary competition accentuates the groupness of groups and thus provides elites with ready-made vehicles for their ambitions.
- ready-made phrases
- ready-made answers
Totalitarian movements appeal to those who are within the deserts because they provide some sort of ready made meaning.
- Totalitarian movements appeal to those who are within the deserts because they provide some sort of ready made meaning.
- Well, I don't know that it's ready made, but I, I don't attribute the lack of meaning and purpose to lack of religiosity necessarily.
Examples
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Totalitarian movements appeal to those who are within the deserts because they provide some sort of ready made meaning.
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Using ready-made comments in discussions can make conversations feel unoriginal.
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Arguably, the time has now come for us to let go of the ready-made excuse that racism provides.
Academic text (1997) -
Rather than having ready-made answers, there may be only more challenging questions for patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
Academic text (2006) -
Systematically, it hacks away at clichés and ready-made ideas.
Academic text (2009) -
At a minimum, the prevailing interpretive rules and frameworks make certain decisional pathways easier to follow by providing ready-made intellectual shortcuts and fostering habits of mind that favor certain outcomes over others.
Academic text (2017) -
Many advertising slogans are just ready-made phrases that lack creativity.
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The students often rely on ready-made arguments in their essays instead of expressing their own thoughts.
Synonyms
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6.6
Not new or interesting because it is used too often
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7.2
Used so often that it feels boring
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7.6
No longer original or interesting because people use it so often
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4.6
A phrase or idea used so often that it is no longer interesting
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6.4
An idea or phrase used so often that it is no longer interesting
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5.4
Not new because people use it too often and it is easy to guess
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7.4
Used so often it feels like a boring idea
Showing no original thought and using common ideas
Not original, dull and trying to seem important
Prepared speech or reply that always sounds the same
Antonyms
How Original
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ready-made here breaks down into ready ('prepared') and made ('already made') and is used for ideas or phrases that are used again and again. A helpful way to remember this is to think of a 'ready-made' idea as something given to you ready to use, which is why it often feels not original.