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UNSOPHISTICATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsophisticated mean?
• UNSOPHISTICATED (adjective)
The adjective UNSOPHISTICATED has 3 senses:
1. not wise in the ways of the world
2. lacking complexity
3. awkwardly simple and provincial
Familiarity information: UNSOPHISTICATED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not wise in the ways of the world
Synonyms:
unsophisticated; unworldly
Context example:
this helplessly unworldly woman
Similar:
naif; naive (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking complexity
Synonyms:
uncomplicated; unsophisticated
Context example:
an unsophisticated machine
Similar:
simple (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Awkwardly simple and provincial
Synonyms:
bumpkinly; hick; rustic; unsophisticated
Context example:
the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists
Similar:
provincial (characteristic of the provinces or their people)
Context examples
It would be something to be loved by such a girl, to excite the first ardours of her young unsophisticated mind!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Miss Eyre, you are not so unsophisticated as Adele: she demands a 'cadeau,' clamorously, the moment she sees me: you beat about the bush.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Deep was my gratification to find I had really a place in their unsophisticated hearts: I promised them that never a week should pass in future that I did not visit them, and give them an hour's teaching in their school.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties; and it has been observed in every arrangement connected with the establishment of Lowood: plain fare, simple attire, unsophisticated accommodations, hardy and active habits; such is the order of the day in the house and its inhabitants.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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