Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Simplicity; artlessness; unsophisticatedness.
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- noun Absence of
sophistication ; the quality of beingunsophisticated .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If there was a touch of appreciation left in him for the bloom and unsophistication which is the charm of youth, it rekindled now.
Sister Carrie 2004
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If there was a touch of appreciation left in him for the bloom and unsophistication which is the charm of youth, it rekindled now.
Sister Carrie: a Novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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If there was a touch of appreciation left in him for the bloom and unsophistication which is the charm of youth, it rekindled now.
Sister Carrie 1900
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If there was a touch of appreciation left in him for the bloom and unsophistication which is the charm of youth, it rekindled now.
Sister Carrie 1900
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And this Nick, played by Michael Cera, is the soul of unsophistication.
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In my youthful unsophistication, I found it a gawk-worthy curiosity.
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The sub-prime, first-time home buyer can claim ignorance or unsophistication, but not these guys.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » It Took Two Ingredients to Make this Financial Crisis 2008
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And this Nick, played by Michael Cera, is the soul of unsophistication.
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But she questioned if to go publicly to dine with Giles Winterborne were not a proposal, due rather to his unsophistication than to his discretion.
The Woodlanders 2006
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Like a wolf prowling under glittering, bitter stars in the night, he was looking down into the humble folds of simple men and seeing what their ignorance and their unsophistication would cost them.
The Financier 2004
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