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UK
/ʌnsəfˈɪstɪkˌeɪtɪd/
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[ US /ˌənsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ ]
[ US /ˌənsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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awkwardly simple and provincial
bumpkinly country boys
rustic farmers
the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists
a hick town -
lacking complexity
small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring
an unsophisticated machine -
not wise in the ways of the world
this helplessly unworldly woman
either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver
How To Use unsophisticated In A Sentence
- We don't easily imagine anymore a naive, unsophisticated 14-year-old without the resources or experience to go it alone or see a way out of current circumstances.
- His efforts to portray himself as unsophisticated and ignorant of legal matters were not consistent with the record.
- either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver
- This is OK for the sophisticated user, but tough on the unsophisticated.
- If so why was it flying at an altitude at which it could be an easy target for the insurgents’ relatively unsophisticated weapons?
- Max is unsophisticated, uncouth, rough and tough - but his heart is in the right place.
- I will continue to not know such-and-such if I'm treated like an ignorant, unsophisticated fool.
- While his work, in its seductiveness, might appeal to unsophisticated tastes, there is nothing unsophisticated about the paintings themselves.
- It was music of a rather crude kind which unsophisticated audiences enjoyed listening to.
- Or, perchance, mystery and importance have been found, during his long and varied experience with the unsophisticated tourist, excellent things to increase the volume of importance attached to the exhibited articles, and the volume of "pice" in his exchequer. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama