21 September 2016

artless

[ahrt-lis]

adjective

1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
an artless child.
2. not artificial; natural; simple; uncontrived:
artless beauty; artless charm.
3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill.
4. poorly made; inartistic; clumsy; crude:
an artless translation.

Origin of artless

1580-1590; art1+ -less

Related forms

artlessly, adverb
artlessness, noun

Synonyms

1. naive, unsophisticated, guileless, open, frank, plain, unaffected, candid, sincere.

Antonyms

1. cunning.

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Examples from the Web for artless

Contemporary Examples

Closest as in “closest to her heart,” or something clutched, or something unvarnished, artless, some plain truth?
Three Cheers for Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize in Literature
Malcolm Jones
October 9, 2013

Relevant backstory is condensed into a few lines of artless dialogue.
Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Jobs’ Is Actually Not That Bad
Rob Fishman
August 15, 2013

It was spoken as if by a condemned man: largely devoid of emotion, implausible, halting, artless, and sad.
Four Exes on Tiger
Rebecca Dana
February 18, 2010

Anagram

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El Tsars

Today’s quote

When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

– Alan Paton

On this day

21 September – International Day of Peace.

21 September – World Alzheimer’s Day.

21 September 1866 – birth of Herbert George ‘H.G.’ Wells, British science fiction writer, author of The War of the Worlds, Time Machine, Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the Worlds. Died 13 August 1946.

21 September 1937 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ first published.

21 September 2012 – ‘The Hobbit Second Breakfast’ at 11am – to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Hobbit, people everywhere are invited to celebrate the Hobbit Second Breakfast at 11am by popping on the kettle and sitting down with family and friends for camaraderie, companionship and a love of good food.