unsophisticated
[uhn-suh-fis-ti-key-tid]
- not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- without complexity or refinements: a relatively unsophisticated mechanism.
- unadulterated; pure; genuine.
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Origin of unsophisticated
Synonyms
See more synonyms for unsophisticated on Thesaurus.com1. ingenuous, naive, inexperienced.
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Examples from the Web for unsophisticated
Contemporary Examples
This influence is typically attributed to campaign contributions, but this view is unsophisticated.
The Starks are fatalistic, duty-bound, honorable but kind of unsophisticated.
Many realists today consider victory an unsophisticated goal.
His opponent in the primary was an unsophisticated first-time candidate named Carl Paladino, an upstate developer.
Historical Examples
He is so very young and reverent and tender, and in a way so unsophisticated.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Here was a situation for an unsophisticated youth like myself.
So I tempted my fancy with air-castles like the most unsophisticated lover.
The StrollersFrederic S. Isham
Mond is a good chap, very jovial, boyish and unsophisticated.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
His prattle was the prattle of an unsophisticated maiden lady.
The O'RuddyStephen Crane
unsophisticated
- lacking experience or worldly wisdom
- marked by a lack of refinement or complexityan unsophisticated machine
- unadulterated or genuine
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Word Origin and History for unsophisticated
adj.
1620s, "unmixed," from un- (1) "not" + sophisticated. Meaning "ingenuous, natural, inexperienced" is recorded from 1660s.
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