artless
adjective
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous.
artlessness
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a word derived from
artless.
Example Sentences
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Such artlessness turns what could be a quick, jaunty movie into a slog.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
Did his school peers get under his skin: their sense of entitlement, their contempt for the lower orders, their noise, their vulgarity and artlessness?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020
Even the most artful memoir lays claim to a certain artlessness.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2019
If “Pavarotti” tells you anything about the man, it’s that that is what he was like: boyish, impulsive, a genuine enthusiast who combined artistry and artlessness in a way that was difficult to resist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2019
Shane clung to the dowager's last straw, which with artful artlessness she had held out to him.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
