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单词 artless
释义
artless
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1adj 2adj

Yes, artless could mean lacking in art, but more often it means lacking in superficiality or deceit. An artless person could never make a living as a con artist.
Originally meaning "unskillful" or "uncultured," artless evolved into meaning not skilled or cultured in the art of deceit. If you are artless, you are natural and uncontrived. Young people, animals, the socially inept — these can all be artless in the way they express themselves. They seem to mean exactly what they say.
WORD FAMILY
artless: artlessly, artlessness+/art: artist, artless, arts, arty/artist: artistic, artistry, artists/artistic: artistically, inartistic, unartistic/artistry: artistries/artlessness: artlessnesses/arty: artier, artiest, artily/inartistic: inartistically/unartistic: unartistically
USAGE EXAMPLES
Or perhaps not, because his sculpting of the countryside seems so artless that it is often unnoticed.
Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016)
“This festival teaches even the little children, artless and simple, to be greedy,” as one critic put it.
Slate(Dec 05, 2016)
Bliss’s light tenor worked beautifully in a Britten set, too, especially the artless simplicity of “The Last Rose of Summer.”
Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016)
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1adj simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
an artless manner
artless elegance
Syn|Ant
careless
effortless and unstudied
natural
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
artful
marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
adroit
quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
marked by skill in deception
cute, precious
obviously contrived to charm
designing, scheming
concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
deep
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
elusive
skillful at eluding capture
manipulative
skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage
pawky
cunning and sly
2adj characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
Syn|Ant
ingenuous
candid, heart-to-heart, open
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
undistorted
without alteration or misrepresentation
sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful
naif, naive
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
artful, disingenuous
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
insincere
lacking sincerity
2
1adj (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
Syn
uncultivated, uncultured
unrefined
(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
2adj showing lack of art
an artless translation
Syn
unskilled
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
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