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plotlessness

/ˈplɑtləsnəs/

plotlessness noun: the state of lacking a substantial plot or scheme.

Noun

plotlessness (uncountable)

  1. The state of lacking a substantial plot or scheme.
    • I was disappointed by the plotlessness of the film: it was all action and explosions.
    • Both books pushed realism so far that it touched on surrealism, and both freeze-framed the present moment, compensating for their plotlessness by chronicling in loving detail the minutiae of late-20th-century life — the way the light falls on the handrail of a moving escalator, the design flaws of...2000 November 4, Susannah Herbert, “Save the front page”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 45,222, section “arts&books”, page A1, column 3

Origin of plotlessness

From plotless + -ness.

Questions about plotlessness

What does plotlessness mean?
Plotlessness means the state of lacking a substantial plot or scheme.
What part of speech is plotlessness?
Plotlessness is a noun.
How do you pronounce plotlessness?
Plotlessness is pronounced /ˈplɑtləsnəs/.

Words near plotlessness in the dictionary

  1. Plotkins
  2. plotland
  3. plotlands
  4. plotless
  5. plotlessly
  6. plotlessness
  7. plotlet
  8. plotlets
  9. plotline
  10. plotlines
  11. Plotner

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