Acknowledged
Acknowledged adjective - Recognized or made known or admitted.
Plain and acknowledged are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plain" instead an adjective "Acknowledged".
Plain
Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
Acknowledged and plain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acknowledged" instead an adjective "Plain".
Both words in one sentence
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Giroro's blatant ignorance of very plain things, which the writers acknowledged as lazy writing, was dropped.
Source: Web Video / Sgt. Frog Abridged - It was outright acknowledged that outsiders were allowed to interfere with the Long Ring Race, but during the Groggy Ring event, the levels to which the Foxy Pirates went to cheat were plain ridiculous.
Source: Flexible Tourney Rules - This is acknowledged as being illegal both in-universe and out- (StarSword compared it to Viper telling Maverick about Duke Mitchell's death in Top Gun), but everyone's in agreement that the decision to cover it up was plain insulting to those who died.
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