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TOEFL BNC: 19958 COCA: 20607

unsophisticated

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unsophisticated /ˌʌnsəˈfɪstəˌkeɪtəd/ adjective
unsophisticated
/ˌʌnsəˈfɪstəˌkeɪtəd/
adjective
Learner's definition of UNSOPHISTICATED
[more unsophisticated; most unsophisticated]
: not sophisticated阅历浅的;简单的: such as
: not having or showing a lot of experience and knowledge about the world and about culture, art, literature, etc.不懂世故的;涉世不深的;(对文化、艺术、文学等)了解肤浅的
: not highly developed or complex非尖端的;非精密的;简单的
TOEFL BNC: 19958 COCA: 20607

unsophisticated

adjective

un·​so·​phis·​ti·​cat·​ed ˌən-sə-ˈfi-stə-ˌkā-təd How to pronounce unsophisticated (audio)
: not sophisticated: such as
a
: not changed or corrupted : genuine
b(1)
: not worldly-wise : lacking social or economic sophistication
(2)
: lacking complexity of structure : simple, straightforward
an unsophisticated analysis
unsophisticated rhythms
Choose the Right Synonym for unsophisticated

natural, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, artless mean free from pretension or calculation.

natural implies lacking artificiality and self-consciousness and having a spontaneousness suggesting the natural rather than the man-made world.

her unaffected, natural manner

ingenuous implies inability to disguise or conceal one's feelings or intentions.

the ingenuous enthusiasm of children

naive suggests lack of worldly wisdom often connoting credulousness and unchecked innocence.

politically naive

unsophisticated implies a lack of experience and training necessary for social ease and adroitness.

unsophisticated adolescents

artless suggests a naturalness resulting from unawareness of the effect one is producing on others.

artless charm

Example Sentences

She was innocent and unsophisticated when she left for college. unsophisticated teens and young adults hoping to expand their world view by spending a year abroad
Recent Examples on the Web The Europeans hooted and jeered at the bulky, heavy, unsophisticated V-8 with its pushrods and single four-barrel carburetor. Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2022 Like the Integra of its day, my ol’ GTI was light, airy, technically unsophisticated, yet alive with a bratty exhaust note. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 And so the plane that one executive likened to an old pickup truck — ugly and unsophisticated, but also reliable — in time became an institution. Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021 The defense has long argued that this was an entrapment case, maintaining rogue FBI agents and informants set up unsophisticated big talkers who were merely blowing off steam while the FBI hatched a kidnapping plan and framed them for it. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022 Illustrative naiveté and unsophisticated charm predominate here. Lance Esplund, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 This included promoting the likes of novelty coin Dogecoin to small and unsophisticated investors, many of whom have taken losses of 80% or more. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 July 2022 The class action lawsuit, filed in Florida federal court, alleges Cuban heavily promoted the cryptocurrency platform in a way that misled unsophisticated investors. Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022 In other words, the writers have reused the popular hood-kid fish-out-of-water narrative on a middle-class kid, making the already unsophisticated class critique feel further off-key. Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unsophisticated was in 1630
TOEFL BNC: 19958 COCA: 20607

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