unsophisticated

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adjective

Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.

UncommonScrabble 23

Meanings

adjectiveunsophisticated (comparative more unsophisticated, superlative most unsophisticated)

comparative more unsophisticated · superlative most unsophisticated

  1. Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
    1 more example

    The wonder and awe which pervaded Isabella's mind at some periods, the delight she expressed at others, her unsophisticated sentiments, her kind-heartedness, the manner in which (when she was the most moved or charmed) she wished for her sisters to partake her pleasures, were all sources of the sweetest joy to her husband, to whom she was as a dear child whom it was luxury to indulge, and amusement to develop.

    1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 31–32

    Synonyms: artless, callow, childlike, verdant, clueless, credulous, dewy-eyed, cute

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot wise in the ways of the world

adjectivelacking complexity

adjectiveawkwardly simple and provincial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsophisticated
  9. Englishunsophisticated

From un- + sophisticated.

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Translations

German unkultiviert, unkompliziert
  • unkultiviertnot sophisticated
  • unkompliziertnot sophisticated
Irish neamhshofaisticiúil, simplí
  • neamhshofaisticiúilnot sophisticated
  • simplínot sophisticated
  • bunúsachnot sophisticated
Latin inurbānus
  • inurbānusnot sophisticated
Russian просто́й, простоду́шный
  • просто́й (prostój)not sophisticated
  • простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj)not sophisticated
  • бесхи́тростный (besxítrostnyj)not sophisticated
Spanish insofisticado
  • insofisticadonot sophisticated
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APA

unsophisticated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsophisticated

MLA

“unsophisticated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsophisticated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsophisticated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsophisticated.

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