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unsophisticated
[ uhn-suh-fis-ti-key-tid ]
adjective
- not sophisticated; sophisticated; simple; artless.
Synonyms: inexperienced, naive, ingenuous
- without complexity or refinements:
a relatively unsophisticated mechanism.
- unadulterated; pure; genuine.
unsophisticated
/ ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd /
adjective
- lacking experience or worldly wisdom
- marked by a lack of refinement or complexity
an unsophisticated machine
- unadulterated or genuine
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Derived Forms
- ˌunsoˈphistiˌcatedness, noun
- ˌunsoˈphistiˌcatedly, adverb
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Other Words From
- unso·phisti·cated·ly adverb
- unso·phisti·cated·ness unso·phisti·cation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unsophisticated1
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Example Sentences
This influence is typically attributed to campaign contributions, but this view is unsophisticated.
The Starks are fatalistic, duty-bound, honorable but kind of unsophisticated.
Iron Dome has been successful in shooting down unsophisticated, inaccurate, and slow-moving short-range rockets headed for Israel.
In both cases, the air defenses Israel faced were relatively unsophisticated.
“Now this is the most fearlessly unsophisticated statement that anyone over the age of 15 has ever made,” May said.
Two unsophisticated country lasses visited Niblo's in New York during the ballet season.
Richard says it will be disagreeable, but I don't think so—they are such unsophisticated people.
The poor unsophisticated, ignorant blacks were very kind-hearted, and gave us all they could spare.
Her unsophisticated open-air existence required no varnish of conventionality to make it palatable to him.
The unsophisticated aboriginal of British Columbia is almost a memory of the past.
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