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plotless

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[plaht-lis] / ˈplɑt lɪs /

adjective

  1. having no plot; lacking a coherent or cohesive storyline.


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Kinsky’s roaming Sebald-esque novels like “Grove” and “River” have made her a household name in plotless fiction.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2024

Yet Twombly grasped, I think, that life is plotless, that meaninglessness reigns — hence, perhaps, his urge to deface, to vandalize.

From Washington Post Jan. 14, 2023

For a plotless 75-minute work, “Mourning After Mornings” has few lulls.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2022

For the choreographer Christopher Williams, growing up in Syracuse, it was at a performance of “Les Sylphides,” recognized as the first ballet blanc, or plotless ballet.

From New York Times Jun. 29, 2022

Both movies were rather plotless and I had a hard time communicating the gist of them.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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