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unsophisticated [ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd] adj
1. lacking experience or worldly wisdom 2. marked by a lack of refinement or complexity an unsophisticated machine 3. unadulterated or genuine unsophisticatedly adv unsophisticatedness , unsophistication n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
unsophisticated adjective 1. simple, plain, uncomplicated, straightforward, unrefined, uninvolved, unspecialized, uncomplex music of a crude kind which unsophisticated audiences enjoyed simple advanced, complex, complicated, sophisticated, elegant, intricate, esoteric 2. naive, innocent, inexperienced, unworldly, unaffected, childlike, natural, artless, ingenuous, guileless She was quite unsophisticated in the ways of the world. Translations unsophisticated adj (= simple) person → einfach; style also → natürlich, simpel (pej); tastes → schlicht; film, machine also → unkompliziert; technique also → simpel; (= naïve) → naiv, simpel; (= undiscriminating) → unkritisch (= crude) method → grob(schlächtig) unsophisticated [ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd] adj (person, dress, habits) → semplice; (machine) → primitivo/a, rudimentale unsophisticated [ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd] adj (person, dress, habits) → semplice; (machine) → primitivo/a, rudimentale How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And there are other truths in the two latter sciences which, if they cannot pretend to rank in the class of axioms, are yet such direct inferences from them, and so obvious in themselves, and so agreeable to the natural and unsophisticated dictates of common-sense, that they challenge the assent of a sound and unbiased mind, with a degree of force and conviction almost equally irresistible. He was confiding, good-natured, unsophisticated, companionable; but he was not a man to set the river on fire. I recalled that none of these men had spoken to me, though most of them I had found looking at me at one time or another in a peculiarly furtive manner, quite unlike the frank stare of your unsophisticated savage. |
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