readymade
readymade Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Manufactured in standard sizes or forms in advance of sale, rather than made to order; already prepared and available for immediate use.
"They bought readymade curtains instead of waiting weeks for custom drapery."
Lacking originality or individual thought; formulaic or conventional.
"The politician offered only readymade excuses rather than addressing the underlying issue."
• noun
An ordinary, mass-produced manufactured object selected and designated by an artist as a work of art, often with little or no modification.
"Marcel Duchamp's porcelain urinal is the most famous readymade of the twentieth-century avant-garde."
An item, especially a garment or consumer product, that is manufactured in standard sizes for immediate sale and use.
"The boutique stocks both tailored suits and affordable readymades."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a general adjective or noun referring to commercial products, the hyphenated form 'ready-made' is more common, whereas the closed spelling 'readymade' is standard in art history when referring to found-object artworks pioneered by Marcel Duchamp.
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