- prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
- lacking in originality or spontaneity; routine; boring: a lecture that was cut-and-dried.
Origin of cut-and-dried
Related Words for cut and driedfixed, prearranged, conventional, constant, normal, familiar, natural, current, regular, routine, expected, customary, everyday, frequent, prevailing, humdrum, mediocre, undistinguished, unexceptional, premeditated
Idioms and Phrases with cut and dried
cut and dried
Ready-made, predetermined and not changeable. For example, The procedure is not quite cut and dried—there's definitely room for improvisation. This expression originally alluded to herbs for sale in a shop, as opposed to fresh, growing herbs. [c. 1900]