artless

C2+ Topic:Describing People

US /ˈɑrtləs/ UK /ˈɑːtləs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
free from deceit or guile; naturally simple and sincere

Her artless reply charmed everyone with its honesty.

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1 adj · free from deceit or guile;... guileless ingenuous naive innocent candid unaffected natural sincere

Opposites

artful cunning crafty sly disingenuous

Word family

Forms artlessness

Derived forms artlesslyartlessness

Related forms art artful

Etymology

From art (from Latin ars, artem 'skill, craft, cunning') plus the privative native suffix -less.

ars Latin *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European

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# artless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈɑrtləs
**IPA (UK):** ˈɑːtləs

## Meanings
1. free from deceit or guile; naturally simple and sincere

## Examples
- Her artless reply charmed everyone with its honesty.

## Synonyms
- guileless
- ingenuous
- naive
- innocent
- candid
- unaffected
- natural
- sincere

## Antonyms
- artful
- cunning
- crafty
- sly
- disingenuous

## Derived Forms
- artlessly
- artlessness

## Related Forms
- art
- artful

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ars
- Root: *h₂er-

## Etymology
From art (from Latin ars, artem 'skill, craft, cunning') plus the privative native suffix -less.

## AI Etymology
Artless is from art (from Latin ars, artem 'skill, craft, cunning') plus the privative native suffix -less. Important recorded forms include ars (Latin) and *h₂er- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers free from deceit or guile; naturally simple and sincere. The wider family includes derived forms such as artlessly and artlessness and related words such as art and artful.

## Topics
- Describing People
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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