plain

/pleɪn/ adjective

Translation

SIMPLE › simple and not complicated

sade, basit, gösterişsiz

plain food1779

NOT MIXED › not mixed with other colours, substances, etc

düz, desensiz, tek renkli

a plain blue carpet plain yoghurt1779

PERSON › A plain person is not attractive to look at.

sıradan, sade, sevimsiz, çirkin

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OBVIOUS › obvious and clear

açık, belli, ortada, kolay anlaşılır

[+ (that)] It's quite plain that she doesn't want to talk to me about it. → See also be plain sailing1907

(Definition of plain adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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