The meaning of Unsophisticated

adjective

Without guile or deception.

Usage examples:

An artless, naive girl

adjective

Simple and not wanting to deceive

Usage examples:

"why did you take the money?" she asked the child. "because i wanted it," came the artless reply.

adjective

Forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental.

Usage examples:

Certain basic rules must be obeyed

noun

The essential facts or principles of a subject or skill.

Usage examples:

I learnt the basics of programming on a course

noun

A simple high-level computer programming language that uses familiar english words, designed for beginners and formerly used widely.

Usage examples:

You could write your own software in the basic programming language

adjective

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.

Usage examples:

Earnest and callow undergraduates

adjective

Someone, especially a young person, who is callow behaves in a way that shows they have little experience, confidence, or judgment

Usage examples:

Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived in paris.

adjective

(of an adult) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child.

Usage examples:

She speaks with a childlike directness

adjective

(of adults) showing the good qualities that children have, such as trusting people, being honest and enthusiastic

Usage examples:

A childlike innocence/quality, all her life she had a childlike trust in other people.

adjective

In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

Usage examples:

Crude oil

noun

Offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters.

Usage examples:

A crude joke

noun

Natural mineral oil.

Usage examples:

The ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude

idiom

Sensible and practical

adjective

With no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic.

Usage examples:

A down-to-earth view of marriage

adjective

Practical and direct in dealing with people

Usage examples:

The players like the coach because he’s down-to-earth and honest with them.

adjective

Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

Usage examples:

Her flashing green eyes

noun

Green colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Major roads are marked in green

verb

Make or become green in colour.

Usage examples:

The roof was greening with lichen

adjective

Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.

Usage examples:

His face, once so open and guileless

adjective

Simple and unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

Homespun philosophy

noun

Homespun cloth.

Usage examples:

Clad in homespun

adjective

Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

He was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid

adjective

Having no knowledge or awareness of something or of things in general

Usage examples:

We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men., you have to assume that incoming students have an alm…

adjective

Not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something

Usage examples:

Ignorant about many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics., blissfully ignoran…

adjective

Not fully developed.

Usage examples:

Many of the fish caught are immature

adjective

Not completely developed physically, mentally, or emotionally, or lacking the expected type of responsible behavior for your age

Usage examples:

Some of the boys in my class are so immature – they’re always doing silly things., physical/emotion…

adjective

Having little knowledge or experience of a particular thing.

Usage examples:

An inexperienced driver

adjective

(of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting.

Usage examples:

He eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes

adjective

Honest, sincere, and trusting, sometimes in a way that seems silly

Usage examples:

It has to be said it was rather ingenuous of him to ask a complete stranger to take care of his lug…

adjective

Not guilty of a crime or offence.

Usage examples:

The prisoners were later found innocent

noun

A pure, guileless, or naive person.

Usage examples:

A young innocent abroad

adjective

(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime

Usage examples:

Innocent of he firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.

idiom

To manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like

Usage examples:

We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes., you can't make him go if he doesn't want to., t…

adjective

Unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.

Usage examples:

He was a very modest man, refusing to take any credit for the enterprise

adjective

Not large in size or amount, or not great in value

Usage examples:

A modest increase in salary, a modest house, although an outstanding scientist, he’s a modest man.

adjective

Not large in size or amount, or not expensive

Usage examples:

Modest amount/budget/profit we have a fairly modest budget, considering our oil wealth., modest ris…

adjective

(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.

Usage examples:

The rather naive young man had been totally misled

adjective

Too ready to believe someone or something, or to trust that someone’s intentions are good, esp. because of a lack of experience

Usage examples:

It was naive of her to think that she would ever get her money back.

adjective

Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Usage examples:

Carrots contain a natural antiseptic

noun

A person having an innate talent for a particular task or activity.

Usage examples:

She was a natural for television work

adverb

A person born with a learning disability.

adjective

Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.

Usage examples:

Primitive mammals

noun

A person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.

Usage examples:

Reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives

adjective

Looking not finished or not smooth

Usage examples:

The students sang on a rough-hewn stage., the hero in the film is a rough-hewn detective.

adjective

Offensively impolite or bad-mannered.

Usage examples:

She had been rude to her boss

adjective

Behaving in a way that hurts other people’s feelings; not polite

Usage examples:

I apologized for ted’s rude behavior., i thought it was rude of him not to introduce me., i’ve live…

adjective

Involving or limited to basic principles.

Usage examples:

He received a rudimentary education

adjective

Only basic, and not deep or detailed

Usage examples:

She has only a rudimentary grasp of the language.

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

Usage examples:

A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

Usage examples:

The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

adjective

Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand.

Usage examples:

In a straightforward case no fees will be charged

adjective

Easy to understand; clear

Usage examples:

The doctor explained the operation in straightforward english., she’s a straightforward, no-nonsens…

adjective

Feeling or showing no effects or changes.

Usage examples:

The walks are suitable only for people who are unaffected by vertigo

adjective

Not influenced or changed in any way

Usage examples:

Internet access will be unaffected by the upgrade., her writing is very unaffected and easy to read.

adjective

Not pretentious or arrogant; modest.

Usage examples:

He was an unassuming and kindly man

adjective

Quiet and not attracting attention

Usage examples:

A shy and unassuming person, an unassuming little restaurant

adjective

Simple or straightforward.

Usage examples:

He was an extraordinarily uncomplicated man

adjective

Not having been developed.

Usage examples:

Undeveloped coal reserves

adjective

(of a place or land) not built on or used for farming

adjective

Not developed, used, or advanced

Usage examples:

Rhum is the uk's largest undeveloped gas field., this ailment is common in undeveloped countries wi…

adjective

Not connected or concerned with someone or something, especially on an emotional level.

Usage examples:

Convicted killers in documentaries sound uninvolved and mechanical

adjective

Not part of an activity or event

Usage examples:

Uninvolved in he has repeatedly portrayed himself as uninvolved in the issue., we have no intention…

adjective

Not attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed.

Usage examples:

A friendly and unpretentious hotel

adjective

Simple and/or sincere; not pretentious

Usage examples:

The food is delicious and unpretentious.

adjective

Not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements.

Usage examples:

Unrefined sugar

adjective

In a natural state, without having been through a chemical or industrial process to remove unwanted parts; not refined

Usage examples:

Unrefined sugar

adjective

Not specialized.

Usage examples:

An unspecialized baccalaureate programme

adjective

Not having developed particular characteristics

Usage examples:

Stem cells are immature, unspecialized cells that can be manipulated to grow into any number of spe…

adjective

(of a person) having little awareness of the practicalities of life; unmotivated by material considerations.

Usage examples:

A pedantic, unworldly boffin

adjective

Not practical, or without a lot of experience of life

Usage examples:

There was something slightly unworldly about him., we observe her transformation from a naive, unwo…