artless

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1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous: an artless child.
2. not artificial; natural; simple; uncontrived: artless beauty; artless charm.
3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill.
4. poorly made; inartistic; clumsy; crude: an artless translation.

adjective

1. free from deceit, guile, or artfulness; ingenuousan artless remark
2. natural, without artifice; unpretentiousartless elegance
3. without art or skill

adj.

1580s, “unskillful,” from art (n.) + -less. Later also “uncultured” (1590s); then “unartificial, natural” (1670s) and “guileless, ingenuous” (1714). Related: Artlessly; artlessness.

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