Artless
adjective
Without guile or deception.
An artless, naive young girl from the countryside.
adjective
Without artistic skill.
He made an artless sketch of the landscape.
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Disapproving
adjective
Without effort or pretentiousness.
Her artless charm won everyone's heart.
adjective
Without sophisticated methods or techniques.
A purely artless approach to problem-solving.
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Without guile or deception.
An artless, naive young girl from the countryside.
adjective
Without artistic skill.
He made an artless sketch of the landscape.
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Without effort or pretentiousness.
Her artless charm won everyone's heart.
adjective
Without sophisticated methods or techniques.
A purely artless approach to problem-solving.
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/2Innocent Honesty
Use 'artless' to describe a person who is naturally open and genuine, without hidden motives.
Her artless response to the surprise party touched everyone.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Impression
When used to describe a person, 'artless' implies a refreshing honesty that can be endearing.
His artless enthusiasm was infectious.
Compare with
guilelessingenuousinnocentnaivetepretentioussimplesophisticatedunaffected
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Kim Young-ha
South Korean Writer
Handwritten political posters - often composed in an artless and unadorned style, usually just words on plain white paper - were ubiquitous in South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s and were one of the few outlets available for expressing political views. Most posters were anonymous and put up under the cover of night.
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Christopher Guest
British Director
The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are thrust into these situations. That, to me, is completely artless.
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William Godwin
English Writer
Enthusiasm is always an interesting spectacle. When it expresses itself with an honest and artless eloquence, it is difficult to listen to it and not, in some degree, to catch the flame.
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
Trump is not charismatic. He is artless and politically clumsy and wears his egotism on his sleeve.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Artless fairy stories enchant us in our first years and retain their hold on us until our last.
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Akshaye Khanna
Indian Actor
The fact remains that I am a very artless and incompetent writer.
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Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
I am an artless serf of Cupid.
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Kim Young-ha
South Korean Writer
Handwritten political posters - often composed in an artless and unadorned style, usually just words on plain white paper - were ubiquitous in South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s and were one of the few outlets available for expressing political views. Most posters were anonymous and put up under the cover of night.
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Christopher Guest
British Director
The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are thrust into these situations. That, to me, is completely artless.
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William Godwin
English Writer
Enthusiasm is always an interesting spectacle. When it expresses itself with an honest and artless eloquence, it is difficult to listen to it and not, in some degree, to catch the flame.
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
Trump is not charismatic. He is artless and politically clumsy and wears his egotism on his sleeve.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Artless fairy stories enchant us in our first years and retain their hold on us until our last.
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Akshaye Khanna
Indian Actor
The fact remains that I am a very artless and incompetent writer.
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Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
I am an artless serf of Cupid.
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