off-the-shelfˌoff-the-ˈshelf adjectiveadjCOMMERCE an off-the-shelf product is made to a standard design and can be bought in the shopsoff-the-shelf database software
Standard off-the-shelf systems are displacing the custom products that were the company’s mainstay.
→ compare tailor-made —off the shelf adverbadvAnybody can buy software programs like this off the shelf and create new typefaces.