Unsophisticated

adj

adj ·6 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.

    "The wonder and awe which pervaded Isabella's mind at some periods, the delight she expressed at others, her unsophisticated sentiments, her kind-heartedness, the manner in which (when she was the most moved or charmed) she wished for her sisters to partake her pleasures, were all sources of the sweetest joy to her husband, to whom she was as a dear child whom it was luxury to indulge, and amusement to develop."

Adjective
  1. 1
    awkwardly simple and provincial wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking complexity wordnet
  3. 3
    not wise in the ways of the world wordnet

Synonyms

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naivesimpleaboveboardabsoluteartlessartless

Example

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"Do you think Tom is unsophisticated?"

Etymology

From un- + sophisticated.

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