unsophisticated

[ uhn-suh-fis-ti-key-tid ]
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adjective
  1. not sophisticated; simple; artless.

  2. without complexity or refinements: a relatively unsophisticated mechanism.

  1. unadulterated; pure; genuine.

Origin of unsophisticated

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

Other words for unsophisticated

Other words from unsophisticated

  • un·so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly, adverb
  • un·so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ness, un·so·phis·ti·ca·tion, noun

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How to use unsophisticated in a sentence

  • Unsophistication was a thing to talk of; but he had not known how it really struck one until he came here.

  • Besides, I exhausted the subject of unsophistication in short frocks when I first had the pleasure of meeting you, four years ago.

    The Making of a Prig | Evelyn Sharp
  • Innocence and unsophistication flaunted their banners in almost every act and speech of The Oskaloosa Kid.

    The Oakdale Affair | Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • But she was so unaffectedly sweet and pure that the two ladies loved her all the better for her unsophistication.

    Doctor Jones' Picnic | S. E. Chapman
  • Therefore he arrogantly pitied Red's unsophistication; at which the gods laughed.

    The Song of the Wolf | Frank Mayer

British Dictionary definitions for unsophisticated

unsophisticated

/ (ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd) /


adjective
  1. lacking experience or worldly wisdom

  2. marked by a lack of refinement or complexity: an unsophisticated machine

  1. unadulterated or genuine

Derived forms of unsophisticated

  • unsophisticatedly, adverb
  • unsophisticatedness or unsophistication, noun

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