as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
unsophisticated teens and young adults hoping to expand their world view by spending a year abroad
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Recent Examples of unsophisticated
From a technological standpoint, the Mythos breach is embarrassingly unsophisticated.
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Robert Hart,
The Verge,
23 Apr. 2026
Knowing that Rocky’s voice would come from Grace’s unsophisticated computer setup, Ortiz gathered inspirations, at times subconsciously, from a variety of robotic sources.
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Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Rock and pop are often unsophisticated, or downright dumb.
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Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Many are installed with minimal security by unsophisticated users who fail to set up passwords or install security patches.
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ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unsophisticated
Robert Hart,
The Verge,
23 Apr. 2026
Knowing that Rocky’s voice would come from Grace’s unsophisticated computer setup, Ortiz gathered inspirations, at times subconsciously, from a variety of robotic sources.
—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Rock and pop are often unsophisticated, or downright dumb.
—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Many are installed with minimal security by unsophisticated users who fail to set up passwords or install security patches.
—
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unsophisticated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsophisticated
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In her own naive way, Miss Manners notices that your concern about gift cards requires a remarkable number of dollar signs to express.
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And radical hope — not naive optimism, but hope that lives in imagination.
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As for the volunteers, the goal is simple—help someone stay safe before the heat turns into an emergency.
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Evidence for at-home tools is thinner than for professional manual drainage, but the simplest options can offer mild circulation and surface-lymph support at a low price.
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All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
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That law predates the much wider United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which took effect in 1994, giving ships the right of innocent passage through any country's territorial waters without paying a fee.
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These few extra channels—combined with some sounds ripped from an expansion for the MSX, another 8-bit console—were enough to transcend the Game Boy’s original limitations while still evoking the handheld system’s primitive beauty.
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Likewise, primitive asteroidal bodies are somewhat like fossilized remnants of the building blocks of the solar system's planets, including Earth.
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Over the same period, entry-level head count at the high-intensity firms rose 12%, contradicting predictions and fears that young or inexperienced workers would be most at risk of losing their jobs to AI.
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Immer and Lois work with land stewards to find projects that make sense for eager but often inexperienced volunteers.
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His position is assumed, in turn, by the largest of the immature fish, who, thanks to the tragedy, finally gets to grow up.
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Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens.
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“Unsophisticated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsophisticated. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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