Plotlessness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈplɑtləsnəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plotlessness is a noun meaning The state of lacking a substantial plot or scheme.
Meaning
The state of lacking a substantial plot or scheme.
Example Sentences
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 drinking-straws that, annoyingly, float instead of standing upright.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lotless, underplotted, structureless, schemeless, subjectless, planless.
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