Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PLAINNESS
homeliness, plainness
(noun) an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; “fine clothes could not conceal the girl’s homeliness”
plainness
(noun) the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness
(noun) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
plainness
(noun) the state of being unmixed with other material; “the plainness of vanilla ice cream”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
plainness (usually uncountable, plural plainnesses)
(uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses)
(countable) The product or result of being plain
Synonyms
• (condition of being plain—ordinary): normalcy, normaldom, normality, normalness; see also normality
Anagrams
• snaplines
Source: Wiktionary
Plain"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being plain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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