ARTLESS

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

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Etymology

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (Having no guile) See also naive

Antonyms

• (Having no guile) See also naive

Anagrams

• lasters, ratless, resalts, salters, slaters, strales, streals, tarsels

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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