Description of Anna, Eve, Bob, Otto, Viv and Carol - plain dim, unfortunately! (13)

I believe the answer is:

palindromical

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'description of anna eve bob otto viv' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'carol plain dim unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates an anagram (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'carol'+'plain'+'dim'='carolplaindim'
'carolplaindim' anagrammed gives 'PALINDROMICAL'.

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