artless

(ärt'lĭs)
adj.

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

artlessly art'less·ly adv.
artlessness art'less·ness n.

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adjective

1. Free from guile, cunning, or deceit: guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly. See honest/dishonest.
2. Of a plain and unsophisticated nature: homely, homespun, natural, rustic, unadorned, unpolished. See plain/fancy.

adj

Definition: simple
Antonyms: artful, complicated, contrived, pretentious, sophisticated

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young.

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For a list of words related to artless, see:

• Foolish, Immature, Bigoted, or Trivial
• Giving, Trusting, Innocent, or Generous

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See words rhyming with "artless."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Artless.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - troskyldig, naiv, uforstilt, uden lumske bagtanker

Nederlands (Dutch)
naïef, onbedreven, onverfijnd, ongekunsteld, onschuldig, oprecht

Français (French)
adj. - naturel, ingénu, grossier, mal fait, lourd (un style)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungekünstelt, schmucklos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άτεχνος, ακαλαίσθητος, απέριττος, φυσικός, αφελής, απονήρευτος

Italiano (Italian)
ingenuo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - simples, natural, ingênuo

Русский (Russian)
простой, безыскусный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sencillo, ingenuo, natural

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - okonstlad, enkel, klumpig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
单纯的, 天真的, 不谙世故的, 拙劣的, 缺乏艺术性的, 自然的, 无虚饰的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 單純的, 天真的, 不諳世故的, 拙劣的, 缺乏藝術性的, 自然的, 無虛飾的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 꾸밈 없는, 자연스러운, 서투른

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 技術のない, 粗雑に作られた, 不細工な, たくまない, ごまかしのない, 純真な, 無邪気な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جاهل, غير بارع, مصنوع بغير براعه, ساذج, بسيط, طبيعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תמים, פשוט, טבעי, לא-מתחכם‬

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