Meanings
- not comparablebusinessOf a garment, designed to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes.
Synonyms: one-size-fits-most
- derogatoryfigurativelynot comparableoftenSuitable for a wide range of tastes, opinions, situations, etc.
What about overcrowding? […] DfT admits that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and that individual operators are best placed to implement locally based safety plans.
2020 May 20, “Social distancing: Questions and answers”, in RAIL, page 92 more examples
Long before popular music evolved its many genres and subgenres, the industry was driven by a simple one-size-fits-all philosophy uncomplicated by impassioned debates over the origins of trip hop or the difference between deatchore and screamo.
2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, 51As with other tourist lines, actual peak demand is from mid-morning to late afternoon - 'off peak' in conventional fares jargon. This can (and does) result in overcrowding at off-peak times and near empty trains at 'peak' hours. National one-size-fits-all simply does not apply on the S&C.
2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 42
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a garment, designed to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 均碼 /均码
- 均碼 /均码designed to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
French taille unique
- taille uniquedesigned to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
German Einheitsgröße
- Einheitsgrößedesigned to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
Hungarian univerzális
- univerzálisdesigned to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
Italian unitaglia
- unitagliadesigned to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
Polish uniwersalny, sztampowy
- uniwersalnydesigned to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
- sztampowysuitable for a wide range of tastes, opinions, situations, etc.
Portuguese tamanho único
- tamanho únicodesigned to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
Spanish talla única, tamaño único
- talla únicadesigned to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
- tamaño únicodesigned to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
Cite this entry
one-size-fits-all. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-size-fits-all
“one-size-fits-all.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-size-fits-all. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one-size-fits-all,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-size-fits-all.
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