artless

  • 1Artless — Art less, a. 1. Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful. [1913 Webster] Artless of stars and of the moving sand. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.] [1913 Webster] Artless and massy pillars. T …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2artless — index honest, inadept, inexperienced, ingenuous, natural, simple, straightforward, unaffected (sincere) …

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  • 3artless — (adj.) 1580s, unskillful, from ART (Cf. art) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Later also uncultured (1590s); then unartificial, natural (1670s) and guileless, ingenuous (1714). Related: Artlessly; artlessness …

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  • 4artless — *natural, simple, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, unaffected Analogous words: *spontaneous, impulsive: candid, open, plain, *frank: *straightforward, aboveboard, forthright Antonyms: artful: affected Contrasted words: * …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 5artless — [adj] simple direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, talking turkey*, true, unadorned, unaffected, uncontrived, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front*;… …

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  • 6artless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) without guile or pretension. 2) clumsy. DERIVATIVES artlessly adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7artless — [ärt′lis] adj. 1. lacking skill or art 2. uncultured; ignorant 3. not artistic; clumsy; crude 4. without artificiality; simple; natural 5. without guile or deceit; ingenuous; innocent SYN. NAIVE artlessly adv. artlessness …

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  • 8artless — adjective Date: 1589 1. lacking art, knowledge, or skill ; uncultured < an artless brute > 2. a. made without skill ; crude < an artless attempt to win votes > b …

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  • 9artless — artlessly, adv. artlessness, n. /ahrt lis/, adj. 1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous: an artless child. 2. not artificial; natural; simple; uncontrived: artless beauty; artless charm. 3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill. 4.&#8230; …

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  • 10artless — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)tləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is artless is simple and honest, and does not think of deceiving other people. She was curiously artless. ...Hemingway s artless air and charming smile. Syn: genuine …

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