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unsophisticated

unsophisticated adjective: not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.

Adjective

unsophisticated (comparative more unsophisticated, superlative most unsophisticated)

  1. Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
    • The wonder and awe which pervaded Isabella's mind at some periods, the delight she expressed at others, her unsophisticated sentiments, her kind-heartedness, the manner in which (when she was the most moved or charmed) she wished for her sisters to partake her pleasures, were all sources of the...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages...

unsophisticated meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

unsophisticated in Tamil

கலப்பற்ற, கபடற்ற, சூதறியாத

unsophisticated in Malayalam

naïve, unworldly, simple
അവിദഗ്ദ്ധമായ, അനിപുണമായ, അപരിശീലിതമായ, ആർജ്ജവം നഷ്ടപ്പെടാത്ത, നിർവ്യാജ, ഋജുബുദ്ധിയായ
crude, simple, basic
ലഘുവായ, ലളിതമായ, സരളമായ, അസങ്കീർണ്ണ, സങ്കീർണ്ണതയില്ലാത്ത, അപരിഷ്കൃതം

unsophisticated in Kannada

ಸರಳ, ಸಹಜ, ಕುತರ್ಕವಿಲ್ಲದ

Synonyms of unsophisticated

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All synonyms of unsophisticated

Forms of unsophisticated

comparativemore unsophisticated
superlativemost unsophisticated

Origin of unsophisticated

From un- + sophisticated.

Words formed from unsophisticated

Questions about unsophisticated

What does unsophisticated mean?
Unsophisticated means not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
What is unsophisticated in Tamil?
Unsophisticated in Tamil is கலப்பற்ற, கபடற்ற, சூதறியாத. See Unsophisticated meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unsophisticated?
Unsophisticated is an adjective.

Words near unsophisticated in the dictionary

  1. unsooty
  2. unsophistic
  3. unsophistical
  4. unsophistically
  5. unsophisticate
  6. unsophisticated
  7. unsophisticatedly
  8. unsophisticatedness
  9. unsophisticates
  10. unsophistication
  11. unsophomoric

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unsophisticated (page history and authors); unsophisticated (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unsophisticated (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unsophisticated (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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