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unsophisticated

[ uhn-suh-fis-ti-key-tid ]

adjective

  1. not sophisticated; sophisticated; simple; artless.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. without complexity or refinements:

    a relatively unsophisticated mechanism.

  3. unadulterated; pure; genuine.


unsophisticated

/ ˌʌԲəˈɪɪˌɪɪ /

adjective

  1. lacking experience or worldly wisdom
  2. marked by a lack of refinement or complexity

    an unsophisticated machine

  3. unadulterated or genuine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܲԲˈ󾱲پˌٱԱ, noun
  • ˌܲԲˈ󾱲پˌٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲȴ·󾱲t·e· adverb
  • ܲȴ·󾱲t·e·Ա ܲȴ·󾱲t·tDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of unsophisticated1

First recorded in 1620–30; un- 1 + sophisticated
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Example Sentences

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When Mark Delgado made his MLS debut, he was just 17 and even he acknowledges his approach to soccer was unsophisticated.

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This is because the American people are politically unsophisticated and are easily manipulated to believe things that are not true.

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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.”

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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.

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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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