artless

art·less  (ärtls)

adj.

1. Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit. 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.

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artless·ly adv.

artless·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

artlessly  adv

artlessness  n

Thesaurus

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?"

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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

Translations

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

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

artless

adj, artlessly

adv → unschuldig

artless [ˈɑːtlɪs] adj → ingenuo/a, semplice