plot
noun
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose.
Example Sentences
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But in the spirit of plotlessness and nonmessaging, let me not argue that too much.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
Amid the general floaty plotlessness of the material – it’s no Les Mis, put it that way – will audiences emotionally invest in these abject, unearthly creatures, either as cats or as extensions of ourselves?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2019
At New York City Ballet — the company that consistently did the most to propagate plotlessness in 20th-century classical ballet — the past season was mainly given over to full-evening story ballets.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2010
Informal to the point of plotlessness, the series romps through a tomato surprise of old tunes and new ones, comedy sketches and big production numbers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stevenson substituted a lively, normal interest in life for plotlessness and a surfeit of the flesh.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton
