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    UNSOPHISTICATED

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Awkwardly simple and provincialplay

    Example:

    the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists

    Synonyms:

    bumpkinly; hick; rustic; unsophisticated

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    provincial (characteristic of the provinces or their people)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Lacking complexityplay

    Example:

    an unsophisticated machine

    Synonyms:

    uncomplicated; unsophisticated

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    simple (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Not wise in the ways of the worldplay

    Example:

    this helplessly unworldly woman

    Synonyms:

    unsophisticated; unworldly

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    naif; naive (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience)

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