unsophisticated, artless

unsophisticated, artless
Unsophisticated is an adjective that applies to a person who is thought to lack worldly wisdom, who is not urbane, who is not experienced in, or knowledgeable about, prevailing customs and manners of living and thinking. Artless implies something of the meaning of unsophisticated but suggests a lack of guile or artificiality that results from unconcern about the reactions of other people. That is, an unsophisticated person lacks wisdom and experience in certain areas; an artless person has the same lacks but doesn't care because he is free from any desire to impress others. See also ingenious.

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  • artless — [adj] simple direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, talking turkey*, true, unadorned, unaffected, uncontrived, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front*;… …   New thesaurus

  • unsophisticated — *natural, simple, ingenuous, naive, artless Analogous words: candid, *frank, open,, plain: genuine, bona fide, *authentic: crude, callow, green, uncouth (see RUDE) Antonyms: sophisticated …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • unsophisticated — [adj] natural, simple artless, authentic, bush league*, callow, childlike, clean, cornball*, corny*, crude, folksy, genuine, green*, guileless, homey*, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, kid*, naive, plain, pure, raw, rookie, straightforward,… …   New thesaurus

  • unsophisticated — [un΄sə fis′tə kāt΄id] adj. not sophisticated; specif., a) artless, simple, ingenuous, etc. b) not complex, refined, developed, etc. c) Now Rare not adulterated; genuine or pure SYN. NAIVE unsophisticatedly adv. unsophistication n …   English World dictionary

  • artless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. simple; ingenuous, unsophisticated, naive; guileless, innocent. See innocence.Ant., artful; sophisticated. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. simple, guileless, natural; see naive , natural . See Synonym… …   English dictionary for students

  • artless — artlessly, adv. artlessness, n. /ahrt lis/, adj. 1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous: an artless child. 2. not artificial; natural; simple; uncontrived: artless beauty; artless charm. 3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill. 4.… …   Universalium

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