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unsophisticated

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: artless, callow, childlike, verdant, clueless, credulous, dewy-eyed, cute, fleeceable, foppotee, green, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, jejune, Panglossian, Panglossic, quaint, simple, simple-hearted, simple-minded, starry-eyed, unaffected, undesigning, unpretentious, unsophisticated, untested, unworldly, wide-eyed, immature, born yesterday, wet behind the ears, virgin

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

awkwardly simple and provincial

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bumpkinly country boys
  • rustic farmers
  • a hick town
  • the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bumpkinly, hick, rustic

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

lacking complexity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring
  • an unsophisticated machine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uncomplicated

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

not wise in the ways of the world- Kate O'Brien

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver
  • this helplessly unworldly woman

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unworldly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + sophisticated.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: unkultiviert — not sophisticated
  • German: unkompliziert — not sophisticated
  • Irish: neamhshofaisticiúil — not sophisticated
  • Irish: simplí — not sophisticated
  • Irish: bunúsach — not sophisticated
  • Latin: inurbānus — not sophisticated
  • Russian: просто́й (prostój) — not sophisticated
  • Russian: простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj) — not sophisticated
  • Russian: бесхи́тростный (besxítrostnyj) — not sophisticated
  • Spanish: insofisticado — not sophisticated
  • Ottoman Turkish: ساده (sade) — not sophisticated
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy) — not sophisticated