artless
(adjective) simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; “an artless manner”; “artless elegance”
ingenuous, artless
(adjective) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; “an ingenuous admission of responsibility”
artless, uncultivated, uncultured
(adjective) (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
artless
(adjective) showing lack of art; “an artless translation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
artless (comparative more artless, superlative most artless)
Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.
Free of artificiality; natural.
Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
Poorly made or done; crude.
• (Having no guile) See also naive
• (Having no guile) See also naive
• lasters, ratless, resalts, salters, slaters, strales, streals, tarsels
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
