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artless
adjective art·less \ˈärt-ləs\
: not false or artificial
Full Definition of ARTLESS
1
: lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured <an artless brute>
2
3
: free from guile or craft : sincerely simple <an artless young woman>
— art·less·ly adverb
— art·less·ness noun
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First Known Use of ARTLESS
1589
Related to ARTLESS
- Synonyms
- guileless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious
- Antonyms
- affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious
Synonym Discussion of ARTLESS
natural, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, artless mean free from pretension or calculation. natural implies lacking artificiality and self-consciousness and having a spontaneousness suggesting the natural rather than the man-made world <her unaffected, natural manner>. ingenuous implies inability to disguise or conceal one's feelings or intentions <the ingenuous enthusiasm of children>. naive suggests lack of worldly wisdom often connoting credulousness and unchecked innocence <politically naive>. unsophisticated implies a lack of experience and training necessary for social ease and adroitness <unsophisticated adolescents>. artless suggests a naturalness resulting from unawareness of the effect one is producing on others <artless charm>.
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