What's the difference between plain and unseasoned?

Plain


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain.
  • (v. t.) To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
  • (superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
  • (superl.) Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
  • (superl.) Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
  • (superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
  • (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
  • (superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
  • (superl.) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
  • (superl.) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
  • (superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
  • (superl.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
  • (adv.) In a plain manner; plainly.
  • (a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
  • (a.) A field of battle.
  • (v.) To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
  • (v.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Findings on plain X-ray of the abdomen, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicate that the two communities studied are similar but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion are significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis.
  • (2) Plain radiographs should be the initial screening modality for a suspected foreign body.
  • (3) The radiologic findings on conventional examinations (plain films and cholangiograms) in a large group of patients with proven hepatobiliary tuberculosis are reviewed.
  • (4) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
  • (5) In conjunction with the development of a computerized goal-oriented record system at Forest Hospital Des Plaines, Illinois, research staff developed a psychiatric goal list from goal statements most frequently used at the hospital.
  • (6) These patients will generally require a plain roentgenographic examination with subsequent scintography, MRI, CT, laboratory work, and biopsy as indicated by any positive findings during the diagnostic work-up.
  • (7) The ultrasonographic features, the findings of plain abdominal X-ray studies, and of intravenous urography are described.
  • (8) CZP reduced the incidence of convulsions only after the larger dose, but plain solvent (propylene glycol, ethanol, water) was equally effective.
  • (9) Forty-six percent of the plain abdominal radiographs were suspected for cecal volvulus, but only 17 percent were diagnostic.
  • (10) But perhaps the most striking example of how differently much of the world sees London – and the importance of religion – from the way the city plainly sees itself came from the US, where Donald Trump caused uproar with a call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.
  • (11) Shenhua Watermark Coal, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned Shenhua Group, is waiting for final approval from Hunt for a $1.2bn open-cut coalmine on the edge of the plains, a little more than three kilometres from Hamparsum’s property.
  • (12) Plain-film chest radiographs subsequently demonstrated mediastinal masses causing extrinsic tracheal compression.
  • (13) Tension pneumocephalus was diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) scan and plain skull X-ray.
  • (14) This time, the syndrome was observed on adult cattle reared in the Accra Plains (Ghana) and infected by S. typhimurium.
  • (15) Plain abdominal radiography demonstrated calcification in three patients and evidence of Thorotrast (thorium dioxide) deposition in one.
  • (16) The absence of a visible fracture on plain skull radiographs does not exclude a fracture, and those patients with clinical signs of a fracture should be treated appropriately and further investigations performed.
  • (17) The success of correction was evaluated on plain radiographs using A P and "false profile" views as well as by CT.
  • (18) (7) Histologically, in the chick, the wall of the truncus and the conus contain cardiac muscle as late as stage 28, but from then on the walls of the truncus are transformed into connective tissue and plain muscle.
  • (19) The tumor was palpable on physical examination, but not apparent on plain radiographs.
  • (20) Trout fishing is excellent in both, and after they fall over the edge of the Piedmont Plateau to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the lower stretches of both waterways boil into class-2 and -3 whitewater for kayakers and canoeists.

Unseasoned


Definition:

  • (a.) Not seasoned.
  • (a.) Untimely; ill-timed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "A cold stormy rain set in" – unseasonal for July.
  • (2) A low-key first half, played at a tempo to suit the unseasonal temperature, was evenly balanced in that each side created just a couple of scoring chances worthy of the name.
  • (3) But the company blamed unseasonal weather for an expected fall of 2% for sales at established stores.
  • (4) Talk to farmers in the Philippines, Nepal, south east Asia, Latin America, much of Africa and Latin America, and most will say that they are seeing more extreme storms, unseasonal rains, and more droughts and heatwaves.
  • (5) His welcome in a smoggy but unseasonably temperate Delhi for his first summit with Modi will be much warmer.
  • (6) He claims a lot of the wood used was soft and unseasoned.
  • (7) Clearly something has happened in the last few days to bring on the first unseasonal stirrings of the colonic run-in.
  • (8) Young Bulgarian and Romanian workers, seemingly oblivious to the unseasonal chill of the British spring, worked under the protection of polytunnels.
  • (9) Originally published in Howler magazine It was an unseasonably cold October night in the urban moonscape that is Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland .
  • (10) Unseasonably cold weather apparently was a factor in initiating the onset of clinical signs and probably increased the severity of the disease.
  • (11) But there is no sign of that happening in this poll, even though it is brimming with evidence of an unseasonally gloomy mood.
  • (12) José Mourinho laid the blame for Chelsea’s slow start on the unseasonal weather, the manager moved to complain that felt his side had been “lazy” before recovering to beat Leicester 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.
  • (13) Its monthly sales monitor with consultants KPMG said volumes were up 0.8% on a like-for-like basis from October 2012 as unseasonably warm weather saw clothing sales fall but gadgets, games and home accessories all enjoyed growth.
  • (14) This outbreak occurred concurrently with EEE in horses and was attributed to unseasonably heavy rainfall with an abundance of arthropod vectors and proximity to free-living reservoir host species.
  • (15) Pyongyang is said to have told the military that Seoul’s spy agency is behind the unseasonably high number of snakes in Ryanggang province, which borders China.
  • (16) But don't be lulled into thinking December has been unseasonably mild.
  • (17) An unseasonably early appearance of EEEV in mosquitoes was the only basis upon which the threat to humans could have been recognized.
  • (18) For two winters in a row the UK has had unseasonably low rainfall.
  • (19) Which is why I find myself looking at a small plate containing two raw unseasoned ants atop a one-inch cube of pineapple.
  • (20) The Jump had challenges of its own for Humphreys, including unseasonably warm weather.

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