plotless

plotless
plot NOUN 1) a secret plan to do something illegal or harmful. 2) the main sequence of events in a play, novel, or film. 3) a small piece of ground marked out for building, gardening, etc. 4) a graph showing the relation between two variables. 5) chiefly US a diagram, chart, or map.
VERB (plotted, plotting) 1) secretly make plans to carry out (something illegal or harmful). 2) devise the plot of (a play, novel, or film). 3) mark (a route or position) on a chart or graph.
DERIVATIVES plotless adjective plotter noun.
ORIGIN Old English, «small piece of ground»; sense 1 is associated with Old French complot 'dense crowd, secret project' .

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