Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.

    бесхи́тростныйbesxítrostnyj

    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit

  2. Free of artificiality; natural.

    This pendant has artless charm.

  3. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.

    (of persons) lacking art or knowledge

  4. Poorly made or done; crude.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom's diatribe was an artless attempt at persuading the others.

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  2. Your artless attempt at a treatise is more like a diatribe.

    deDein kunstloser Versuch einer Abhandlung gleicht eher einer Schmähschrift. — Yorwba

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  3. Hand-bells are not an artless instrument!

  4. They are all artless children.

  5. Hers was truly an artless, unsophisticated kiss, and yet it was well calculated to inflame a young man's heart.

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
without guile or cunning:

Forms

more artless, most artless
Comparativemore artless Lesson
Superlativemost artless Lesson

regular

Synonyms

35 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

33 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Derivedartlessly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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