unsophisticated
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.səˈfɪs.tɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
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- But there are lots of unsophisticated philosophies, ideologies and worldviews out there.
- relatively unsophisticated
In those days with the very unsophisticated radio things.
- In those days with the very unsophisticated radio things.
- And it was, here's an unsophisticated Latin word, creepy.
Examples
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A lottery strikes me as a very unsophisticated way to give out a very valuable benefit.
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Her cooking style is unsophisticated, focusing on fresh ingredients without complicated techniques.
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It's a rather unsophisticated questionnaire, with the purpose of finding out what our community thinks.
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In the 1980s, runner tracking was relatively unsophisticated.
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It's unsophisticated and messy, and it's not trendy at all.
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For much of the 1990s, most overseas outsourcing involved unsophisticated products like apparel.
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Qassam rockets are relatively unsophisticated weapons, with low accuracy and low deadliness.
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For a show that's pointedly unsophisticated, Family Guy has quite the obsession with time travel.
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Only the EIA attempted to project production over time, and they did so using a quite unsophisticated model combined with overly optimistic assumptions.
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In the title essay of Linguistics and Literary History (1948), Spitzer describes his unsophisticated approach to a literary work.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
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Basic knowledge, skill, or thing at an early stage
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3.2
Easy to understand or deal with
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Not graceful or pleasing in style
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6.1
Plain and not valuable, fancy, or important
Something that is simple and without much decoration
Simple and plain without extra decoration
Plain and simple, not expensive or decorated
Has a plain, simple style and is not expensive
Antonyms
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsophisticated = sophisticated (transparent) = un + sophisticated
The negative prefix un- attaches to 'sophisticated' in its sense 'complex/advanced', yielding the straightforward interpretation 'not complex'.
Etymology
Unsophisticated is made of un- 'not' plus sophisticated, from Greek sophos 'wise' as in philosophy. Because sophisticated can also mean 'complex' or 'advanced', unsophisticated simply means 'not complicated' or 'simple'.