Plain and Routine

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Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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Routine is a synonym for plain in good topic. In some cases you can use "Routine" instead an adjective "Plain", when it comes to topics like normal.

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

Routine adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Usage example: this is just a routine inspection

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Plain is a synonym for routine in good topic. Sometimes you can use "Plain" instead an adjective "Routine", if it concerns topics such as habitual.

Nearby Word: routinely

full	full plain	full routine
normal	normal plain	normal routine
common	common plain	common routine
entire	entire plain	entire routine
Other adjectives: big, huge, little, bad, peaceful.

The entire cast of Pizza and Swift And Shift Couriers are terrible at their jobs, and are capable of screwing out routine jobs, but manage to stay employed... the latter mainly because the hapless boss gets blamed for everything, the former because the boss is just plain Ax-Crazy.

Source: Ultimate Job Security

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