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unsophisticated
[ uhn-suh-fis-ti-key-tid ]
adjective
- not sophisticated; sophisticated; simple; artless.
Synonyms: , ,
- without complexity or refinements:
a relatively unsophisticated mechanism.
- unadulterated; pure; genuine.
unsophisticated
/ ˌʌԲəˈɪɪˌɪɪ /
adjective
- lacking experience or worldly wisdom
- marked by a lack of refinement or complexity
an unsophisticated machine
- unadulterated or genuine
Derived Forms
- ˌܲԲˈپˌٱԱ, noun
- ˌܲԲˈپˌٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲȴ·t·e· adverb
- ܲȴ·t·e·Ա ܲȴ·t·tDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unsophisticated1
Example Sentences
When Mark Delgado made his MLS debut, he was just 17 and even he acknowledges his approach to soccer was unsophisticated.
This is because the American people are politically unsophisticated and are easily manipulated to believe things that are not true.
The American public is politically unsophisticated, which means that many people are easily moved by emotional appeals and scary-sounding words — at least to them — such as “communism” and “socialism.”
The New York Times, which had vigorously supported the Iraq invasion published four op-eds defending Strauss, polemics that employed ridicule and condescension against the unsophisticated critics who supposedly didn’t “get” the philosopher’s subtle arguments.
Van Buren, meanwhile, aimed to portray Harrison, a Virginian, as an unsophisticated “country squire” who lived in a log cabin and drank hard cider, Kraig said.
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