plain text

NOUN

ordinary readable form

Synonyms

WEAK

ASCII clear text decoded plaintext unencrypted text vanilla text

Antonyms

WEAK

ciphertext encoded encrypted rich text

Example Sentences

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Birthright citizenship is rooted in the plain text of the Fourteenth Amendment, which declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

"The scrambled plain text was found, but without the coding method or the key. This is a very important distinction," he separately told a news conference in November.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

"Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is in plain text," a subsequent post read.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Models that accepted requests in plain text were not very sophisticated, like SmarterChild, the chatbot we all thought was cutting-edge A.I. in the 2000s.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

If these do not display, you may prefer to use a plain text version of this ebook.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas