plotless

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/ˈplɑtləs/

adjective

Lacking a substantial plot (storyline).

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Meanings

adjectiveplotless (comparative more plotless, superlative most plotless)

comparative more plotless · superlative most plotless

  1. Lacking a substantial plot (storyline).

    The highlights of the plotless road movie appear to be a 15-minute shot of a dirty windscreen gradually accumulating dead bugs, and an equally tedious blow-job involving Chloë Sevigny and a very pleased-looking Gallo.

    2003 November 14, Jacques Peretti, “You are a bad man trying to do bad things to Vincent”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Englishplot
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishplotless

From plot + -less.

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Translations

Polish afabularny
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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

plotless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotless

MLA

“plotless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plotless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotless.

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