Plain and Spectacular

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Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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Spectacular is an antonym for plain.

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

Spectacular adjective - Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect.

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Plain is an antonym for spectacular in topics: impressive, wonderful.

Nearby Word: spectacle

Scenery Porn: The camera crews can get some truly spectacular shots of the region, majestic mountains in the background, a forested windy road, a golden plain.

Source: Series / Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters
Also, glitches are far more common, spectacular and just plain weird in the earlier games.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Pokémon
Most of the human-looking leads are not spectacular, either: the Turtle is a plain, chubby nerd; Fatman is, well, fat; and private detective Jay Ackroyd is good at blending in because he looks entirely average and nondescript.

Source: Beauty Equals Goodness / Literature

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