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flat character

American  
[flat kar-ik-ter] / ˈflæt ˈkær ɪk tər /

noun

  1. an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.


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Babbitt is a flat character, and that is exactly how Broderick plays him.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2023

Having no sides is certainly one characteristic of a totally flat character!

From Slate Nov. 15, 2018

She’s the only flat character anywhere in this series.

From New York Times Oct. 4, 2018

It is easy to make him a flat character and laugh as he continues to play the “I’m as shocked as you” card.

From Washington Post Sep. 30, 2017

Finally, the river led them amongst plains gaping with fissures, grassless and waterless, where the only change in the flat character of the country was the sandhill formation, that exactly agreed with Sturt's description.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest

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