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   Art·less

   /ˈärtləs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. without guile or deception: "an artless, naive girl"
   • ▪ without effort or pretentiousness; natural and simple: "an artless literary masterpiece"
   • ▪ without skill or finesse: "her awkward, artless prose"

   Derivatives

   • 1. artlessly adverb

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   What is the meaning of artless?

   • 1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous. 2. not artificial; natural; simple: artless beauty. 3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill. 4. poorly made; clumsy. art′less•ness, n.

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   What is the difference between naive and artless?

   • naive suggests lack of worldly wisdom often connoting credulousness and unchecked innocence. unsophisticated implies a lack of experience and training necessary for social ease and adroitness. artless suggests a naturalness resulting from unawareness of the effect one is producing on others.

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   What is an artless person?

   • 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. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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   What is the difference between artistic and artless?

   • Artful primarily means “sly, manipulative, guileful.” Only secondarily does it mean “skillful” and is not a substitute for artistic. Artless means “naïve,” sometimes shaded toward “natural” as in “natural charm,” and “without artifice” (not to be confused with “artificial”); a second, pejorative sense is “crude, uncultured.”

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   Artless means free from pretension or calculation, or lacking art, knowledge, or skill. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of artless from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous: an artless child. Synonyms: sincere, candid, unaffected, plain, frank, open, guileless, unsophisticated, naive. Antonyms: cunning. not artificial; natural; simple; uncontrived: artless beauty; artless charm.

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   Artless means simple and not wanting to deceive. It is the opposite of disingenuous. See how to use artless in a sentence and find synonyms and related words.

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   Artless means simple and not wanting to deceive. It is the opposite of disingenuous. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms and related words.

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   simple and natural; without cunning or deceit. “an artless manner”. “ artless elegance”. synonyms: careless. effortless and unstudied. natural. in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature. see more.

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   3 days ago · Artless means simple and honest, and not thinking of deceiving other people. It also means natural, without artifice, or lacking skill or art. See more meanings, synonyms, and examples of artless in different contexts.

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   Artless means free from deceit, guile, or artfulness; ingenuous, natural, or simple. Find synonyms, antonyms, translations, and examples of artless in different contexts and dictionaries.