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one-size-fits-all

 adjective
     
one-size-fits-all [only before noun]
1 a one-size-fits-all attitude, method, plan etc is designed to please everyone or be suitable for every situation, often with the result that it is not successful:
a one-size-fits-all public education program
2 one-size-fits-all clothes are designed so that people of any size can wear them
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