Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not sophisticated. synonym: naive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not sophisticated; not corrupted, adulterated, or perverted by art; unmixed; pure; genuine; not artificial; simple; artless.
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- adjective Not
sophisticated ; lackingsophistication .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective awkwardly simple and provincial
- adjective lacking complexity
- adjective not wise in the ways of the world
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Examples
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Thereby he toppled what was an established doctrine in unsophisticated textbooks, perhaps also a favorite idea of some industrial planners.
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These cuddly suburban folk are the very people - labelled unsophisticated but self-serving middle classes - that John Reid is here urging the new, future leader of the Labour Party which might it seems not be himself to keep on board.
Archive 2007-01-07 2007
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These cuddly suburban folk are the very people - labelled unsophisticated but self-serving middle classes - that John Reid is here urging the new, future leader of the Labour Party which might it seems not be himself to keep on board.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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You could read too much into a picture, she told herself, recalling the unsophisticated snapshots of herself, mostly taken by her father, that littered the farmhouse.
Fox Evil Walters, Minette 2002
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How much that is childish, how much that is fresh, and youthful, and innocent must be in the mind of a man (you would say) who could be thus excited about a book-case! and yet this was not the kind of man whom you would call unsophisticated and youthful.
Phoebe, Junior 1862
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Trusters w ere defined as unsophisticated investors who primarily rely on their advisors.
unknown title 2011
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Those of us who saved through this mess, have no debt, etc., were made fun of and told we were "unsophisticated" and didn't understand advanced concepts like "leverage" and "making your money work for you" and other such nonsense from the likes of Suzie Orman all the way to Hank Paulson.
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Those of us who saved through this mess, have no debt, etc., were made fun of and told we were "unsophisticated" and didn't understand advanced concepts like "leverage" and "making your money work for you" and other such nonsense from the likes of Suzie Orman all the way to Hank Paulson.
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Those of us who saved through this mess, have no debt, etc., were made fun of and told we were "unsophisticated" and didn't understand advanced concepts like "leverage" and "making your money work for you" and other such nonsense from the likes of Suzie Orman all the way to Hank Paulson.
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Those of us who saved through this mess, have no debt, etc., were made fun of and told we were "unsophisticated" and didn't understand advanced concepts like "leverage" and "making your money work for you" and other such nonsense from the likes of Suzie Orman all the way to Hank Paulson.
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