Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unsophisticated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unsophisticate \Un`so*phis"ti*cate\, Unsophisticated
\Un`so*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a.
Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine. --
{Un`so*phis"ti*ca`ted*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unsophisticated
adj 1: not wise in the ways of the world; "either too
unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he
could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"-
Kate O'Brien [syn: {unworldly}]
2: lacking complexity; "small and uncomplicated cars for those
really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated
machine" [syn: {uncomplicated}]
3: lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen"
[syn: {callow}, {inexperienced}, {naive}]
4: awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys";
"rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of
Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: {bumpkinly},
{hick}, {rustic}]
5: lacking sophistication [syn: {naive}]
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