art·less

(ärt′lĭs)

adj.

1. Having or displaying no guile or deceit; honest or sincere: an artless child. See Synonyms at naive.

2. Free of artificiality; natural: artless charm.

3. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.

4. Poorly made or done; crude.

art′less·ly adv.

art′less·ness n.

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artless

(ˈɑːtlɪs)

adj

1. free from deceit, guile, or artfulness; ingenuous: an artless remark.

2. natural, without artifice; unpretentious: artless elegance.

3. without art or skill

ˈartlessly adv

ˈartlessness n

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art•less

(ˈɑrt lɪs)

adj.

1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous.

2. not artificial; natural; simple: artless beauty.

3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill.

4. poorly made; clumsy.

[1580–90]

art′less•ly, adv.

art′less•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	artless - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" ingenuous sincere - open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"
	2.	artless - simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance" natural - in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena" artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
	3.	artless - showing lack of art; "an artless translation" unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
	4.	artless - (of persons) lacking art or knowledge uncultured, uncultivated unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"

artless

adjective

1. natural, simple, fair, frank, plain, pure, open, round, true, direct, genuine, humble, straightforward, sincere, honest, candid, unaffected, upfront (informal), unpretentious, unadorned, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), guileless, uncontrived, undesigning his artless air and charming smile
natural affected, artificial, unnatural

2. unskilled, awkward, crude, primitive, rude, bungling, incompetent, clumsy, inept, untalented, maladroit a spiritless and artless display of incompetence
unskilled sophisticated, artistic, aesthetic, cunning, crafty, artful

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artless

adjective

1. Free from guile, cunning, or deceit:

guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly.

2. Of a plain and unsophisticated nature:

homely, homespun, natural, rustic, unadorned, unpolished.

Translations

incolto ingenuo naturale semplice spontaneo

artless

[ˈɑːtlɪs] ADJ

1. (= straightforward) [beauty] → natural; [person, smile, comment] → ingenuo, sin malicia; [book, story, film] → sencillo, sin artificios

2. (= naïve) → simple

3. (= clumsy) → torpe

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artless

[ˈɑː^rtləs] adj [person] → naïf(naïve), simple; [behaviour] → simple, ingénu(e); [remark] → naïf(naïve), ingénu(e)

artless

adj, artlessly

adv → unschuldig

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artless

[ˈɑːtlɪs] adj → ingenuo/a, semplice