"unsophisticated" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unsophisticated [comparative], most unsophisticated [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + sophisticated. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|sophisticated}} un- + sophisticated Head templates: {{en-adj}} unsophisticated (comparative more unsophisticated, superlative most unsophisticated)
  1. Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication. Synonyms: naive Derived forms: unsophisticatedly, unsophisticatedness Translations (not sophisticated): unkultiviert (German), unkompliziert (German), neamhshofaisticiúil (Irish), simplí (Irish), bunúsach (Irish), inurbānus (Latin), ساده (sade) (Ottoman Turkish), طوی (toy) (Ottoman Turkish), insofisticado [masculine] (Spanish)
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