unsophisticated en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + sophisticated.
Meanings
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Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
The wonder and awe which pervaded Isabella's mind at some periods, the delight she expressed at others, her unsophisticated sentiments, her kind-heartedness, the manner in which (when she was the most moved or charmed) she wished for her sisters to partake her pleasures, were all sources of the sweetest joy to her husband, to whom she was as a dear child whom it was luxury to indulge, and amusement to develop.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 31–32:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unsophisticated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unsophisticated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unsophisticatedly · unsophisticatedness
Synonyms
artless · credulous · simple-hearted · unsophisticated · born yesterday · ingenuous · untested · unpretentious · foppotee · undesigning · verdant · starry-eyed · quaint · immature · callow · unaffected · wet behind the ears · Panglossian · green · guileless · virgin · cute · simple · wide-eyed · dewy-eyed · unworldly · simple-minded · innocent · fleeceable · jejune · childlike · Panglossic · clueless
Translations (12)
de unkompliziert (not sophisticated) · ru просто́й (not sophisticated) · de unkultiviert (not sophisticated) · ru бесхи́тростный (not sophisticated) · ga simplí (not sophisticated) · ota طوی (not sophisticated) · ota ساده (not sophisticated) · ga bunúsach (not sophisticated) · la inurbānus (not sophisticated) · es insofisticado (not sophisticated) · ga neamhshofaisticiúil (not sophisticated) · ru простоду́шный (not sophisticated)