one-size-fits-all

Adjective

Meaning

(of a garment) Designed to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes.

(figuratively, often derogatory) Suitable for a wide range of tastes, opinions, situations, etc.

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one size fits all

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Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy. Sarah Palin

Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work. Mitt Romney

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes. Lamar Alexander

We do need education, just not the one-size-fits-all education. Albert Einstein did not talk until he was four years old. Newton Lee

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity. Richard Rogers

I don't believe that one should have one-size-fits-all moral rules for international political action. Tony Judt

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