unsophisticated

[uhn-suh-fis-ti-key-tid]

adjective

1. not sophisticated; sophisticated; simple; artless.

   Synonyms: inexperienced, naive, ingenuous

2. without complexity or refinements.

   a relatively unsophisticated mechanism.

3. unadulterated; pure; genuine.

unsophisticated

/ ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. lacking experience or worldly wisdom

2. marked by a lack of refinement or complexity

   an unsophisticated machine

3. unadulterated or genuine

Other Word Forms

• unsophisticatedly adverb
• unsophisticatedness noun
• unsophistication noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unsophisticated¹

First recorded in 1620–30; un- ¹ + sophisticated

Example Sentences

Nobody wants to be unsophisticated, or a prude.

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Bogan, a term which first emerged in Australia in the 1980s, initially meant an "unsophisticated and uncultured person" with negative connotations, but not for Louis.

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“The market for these stocks is unsophisticated retail investors. There are no institutions buying these things,” Ritter said.

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Appalachia today includes pockets of extreme poverty and its inhabitants are often offensively depicted as "hillbillies" - simple, unsophisticated and poor.

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We were unsophisticated regarding the business end of it, and we just loved creating music.

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Related Words

• guileless 
• inexperienced 
• naive 
• straightforward 
• uninvolved