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ready-made

[red-ee-meyd] / ˈrɛd iˈmeɪd /
ADJECTIVE
prepared
Synonyms
STRONG
built instant off-the-rack prefabricated
ADJECTIVE
trite
Synonyms
STRONG
clichéd common commonplace conventional dull routine stock uninspired

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Use ready-made powerhouses Miso, canned beans, coconut cream, good stock: ingredients that arrive already carrying flavor.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Over time, more bees followed, using these natural cavities inside fossilized bones as ready-made nesting sites.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

If he couldn’t buy DeepMind and acquire a ready-made team, Zuckerberg wanted a famous professor to assemble an AI squad for him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

When our entire fortune was lost to the surging waters of the Bistrifa—a shipload of fabric and ready-made clothes gone in an instant—he returned to his former career.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros