by default

/baɪ dɪfˈɒlt/

/baɪ dɪfˈɑːlt/

[phrase]

by default

[PHRASE]

to be won a competition because there was no opposition

if something happens by default, it happens because one has not made any other decision or choices that would make things happen differently

Examples

1. But the fact that you were now able to request an ASL interpreter for things, like I don't know, talking about mental health, or LGBT, things that didn't necessarily have anything to do, by default, with just building your accessibility, the fact that they made that happen was so awesome.

2. If Google can figure out a way to just add crowdsourcing by default, or to have the option to turn on by default, I think that would be the most beneficial.

3. Her organization pressured major delivery apps to opt out of sending cutlery by default.

4. In 2017, they sued their country's biggest food delivery apps, trying to force them to stop giving cutlery by default.