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Definition of "underplot" [un•der•plot]

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "underplot" in a sentence
  • "As the underplot is the shortest, I may as well dispose of that first."
  • "In other respects, however, it is certainly a great advance on its predecessors, especially in its underplot, which is for the first time connected satisfactorily with the main argument."
  • "The play, of course, has a farcical underplot which is only connected very slightly with the main story by Sir Tophas 'ridiculous passion for Dipsas."