artless

Meaning

  1. Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.
  2. Free of artificiality; natural.
  3. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
  4. Poorly made or done; crude.

Opposite of
affected, mature, nuanced, pretentious, sophisticated, wily, worldly
Synonyms

ingenuous
naive
C1
simple
A2
innocent
A2
😇
unsophisticated
46k
unaffected
29k
guileless
simple-hearted
inexperienced
C2
undesigning
uncultured
uncultivated
simple-minded
36k
sincere
C1
awkward
B2
candid
C2
fresh
B1
heartfelt
C2
heart-to-heart
31k
heart-whole
hearty
C2
heavy-footed
heavy-handed
41k
honest
A2
inartistic
inelegant
maladroit
molecular
C2
natural
B1
ponderous
primitive
C1
real
A1
simpleminded
splay
straight
A2
straightforward
C2
⬆️
true
A1
undisguised
unfeigned
unforced
ungainly
ungraceful
ungrudging
unmanageable
unportable
unready
unshapely
unskilful
unskilled
48k
unstrained
Translations

natural
ingenuo
ingénu
simple
schlicht
semplice
incolto
naiv
spontaneo
naïf
natürlich
candide
Einfachheit
senzill
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑɹt.lɪs/
Etymology

From art + -less.

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