unsophisticated
pronunciation
How to pronounce unsophisticated in British English:
UK [ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd]
How to pronounce unsophisticated in American English:
US [ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌketɪd]
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- Adjective:
- not wise in the ways of the world
- lacking complexity
- lacking experience of life
- awkwardly simple and provincial
- lacking sophistication
Word Origin
- unsophisticated (adj.)
- 1620s, "unmixed," from un- (1) "not" + sophisticated (adj.). Meaning "ingenuous, natural, inexperienced" is recorded from 1660s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Critics reviled the novel as unsophisticated pulp .
- 2. These forecasts are based on rather unsophisticated economic analyses .
- 3. We really were radiantly unsophisticated .
- 4. Moreover , he adds , there are often surprisingly unsophisticated ways to circumvent high-tech security measures .
- 5. If within the sophisticated man there is not an unsophisticated one , then he is but one of the devil 's angels .