artless
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++art·less /ˈɑːtləs $ ˈɑːrt-/ adjective 1 HONEST literary natural, honest, and sincere 天真自然的，纯朴的；不造作的 artless sincerity 天真烂漫2 formal made or done without any skill 拙劣的 an artless copy of European art 对欧洲艺术的拙劣模仿 —artlessly adverb —artlessness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
artless• They had all slept heavily, the sleep if not of the just, of the innocent and artless.• The page is a young man of color who raps in crushingly artless rhymes.• Am I being artless when I say that?• a naive, artless young womanart·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
natural, honest, Corpus and sincere
artless
art‧less /ˈɑːtləs $ ˈɑːrt-/
adjective
1. literary natural, honest, and sincere:
artless sincerity
2. formal made or done without any skill:
an artless copy of European art
—artlessly adverb
—artlessness noun [uncountable]
art‧less /ˈɑːtləs $ ˈɑːrt-/
adjective1. literary natural, honest, and sincere:
2. formal made or done without any skill:
—artlessly adverb
—artlessness noun [uncountable]