| Adj. | 1. | artless - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"sincere - open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" | |
| 2. | artless - simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"natural - in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena" artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors" | |
| 3. | artless - showing lack of art; "an artless translation"unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" | |
| 4. | artless - (of persons) lacking art or knowledgeunrefined - used of persons and their behavior; not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?" | |