unsophisticated

unsophisticated
UK [ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd] / US [ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd] adjective
1)
a) not knowing much about things such as art, literature, and music that educated people usually like
b) not owning fashionable and expensive things
2) used for describing simple tools and pieces of equipment that are not advanced

English dictionary. 2014.

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  • unsophisticated — [[t]ʌ̱nsəfɪ̱stɪkeɪtɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Unsophisticated people do not have a wide range of experience or knowledge and have simple tastes. It was music of a rather crude kind which unsophisticated audiences enjoyed listening to... She was quite… …   English dictionary

  • unsophisticated — adjective Date: 1630 not sophisticated: as a. not changed or corrupted ; genuine b. (1) not worldly wise ; lacking social or economic sophistication (2) lacking complexity of structure ; simple, straightforward < an unsophisticated analysis > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unsophisticated — un|so|phis|ti|cat|ed [ˌʌnsəˈfıstıkeıtıd] adj 1.) not having much knowledge or experience of modern and fashionable things ▪ an unsophisticated audience 2.) unsophisticated tools, methods, or processes are simple and do not have all the features… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unsophisticated — adjective 1 having little knowledge or experience of modern fashionable things, and showing this by the way you talk or behave: an unsophisticated boy from the provinces 2 unsophisticated tools, methods, or processes are simple, without many of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • unsophisticated — adjective 1) she seemed a bit unsophisticated Syn: unworldly, naive, unrefined, simple, innocent, ignorant, green, immature, callow, inexperienced, childlike, artless, guileless, ingenuous, natural, unaffected, unassuming …   Thesaurus of popular words

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