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Artless

Artless Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Artless? [adj] simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance" [adj] characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" [adj] (of persons) lacking art or knowledge [adj] showing lack of art; "an artless translation" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Artless: candid \| careless \| guileless \| honest \| ingenuous \| naive \| open \| uncultivated \| uncultured \| undistorted \| unrefined \| unskilled \| unsophisticated Related Terms \| Find terms related to Artless: aboveboard \| arty \| awkward \| befoolable \| big \| bluff \| blunt \| born yesterday \| broad \| brusque \| bungling \| candid \| childlike \| clumsy \| confiding \| crude \| direct \| downright \| explicit \| foolable \| forthright \| frank \| frankhearted \| free \| free-speaking \| free-spoken \| free-tongued \| genuine \| green \| guileless \| gullible \| half-assed \| heart-to-heart \| high-sounding \| honest \| humble \| imposing \| in the raw \| inadept \| inapt \| inartificial \| inattentive \| incompetent \| inefficient \| inept \| inexperienced \| inexpert \| ingenu \| ingenuous \| innocent \| mediocre \| naive \| native \| natural \| on the level \| open \| openhearted \| ordinary \| outspoken \| overblown \| pedestrian \| plain \| plain-spoken \| poor \| primitive \| pristine \| relaxed \| round \| simple \| simplehearted \| simpleminded \| sincere \| single-hearted \| single-minded \| skill-less \| straight \| straightforward \| straight-out \| thoughtless \| transparent \| true \| trustful \| trusting \| unaffected \| unapt \| unartificial \| unassuming \| unchecked \| uncomplicated \| unconstrained \| undeceptive \| undeft \| undexterous \| undextrous \| unequivocal \| unfacile \| unguarded \| unintelligent \| unpretentious \| unproficient \| unreserved \| unrestrained \| unschooled \| unskilled \| unskillful \| unsophisticated \| unstudied \| unsullied \| unsuspicious \| untalented \| untouched \| unwary \| virgin \| virginal See Also \| naif \| natural \| sincere Artless In Webster's Dictionary \Art"less\, a. 1. Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful. Artless of stars and of the moving sand. --Dryden. 2. Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.] Artless and massy pillars. --T. Warton. 3. Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale. They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. --Porteus. O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan! --Cowper. Syn: Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless; unsophisticated; open; frank; candid.

Artless Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Artless?

[adj] simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"
[adj] characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
[adj] (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
[adj] showing lack of art; "an artless translation"

See Also | naif | natural | sincere

Artless In Webster's Dictionary

\Art"less\, a.
1. Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.

         Artless of stars and of the moving sand. --Dryden.

2. Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.]

         Artless and massy pillars.            --T. Warton.

3. Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized
   by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless;
   ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.

         They were plain, artless men, without the least
         appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them.
                                               --Porteus.

         O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's
         easy, artless, unencumbered plan!     --Cowper.

Syn: Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless;
     unsophisticated; open; frank; candid.

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