Plain
Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
Tangled
Tangled adjective - Having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated.
Usage example: it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with
Both words in one sentence
- Anyone Can Die, morality is a subjective thing, War Is Hell and the tangled politics with its socio-economic lessons in self-defeat makes the whole war thing look like the easy (or just plain lazy) option towards speedplaying your way to disaster.
Source: Dark Fantasy - Synopsis: "Before Flynn there was Eugene, before the floating lights there were the stars, before Rapunzel there was a baby girl, and before Mother there was Gothel; a story of beginnings, before things were just plain tangled."
Source: Fanfic Recs / Tangled
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