Artless

a.	1.	Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful. Artless of stars and of the moving sand. - Dryden.
	2.	Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. Artless and massy pillars. - T. Warton.
	3.	Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale. They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. - Porteus. O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan! - Cowper.

Adj.	1.	artless - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" Synonyms: ingenuous
	2.	artless - simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance" Antonyms: 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"
	4.	artless - (of persons) lacking art or knowledge Synonyms: uncultured, uncultivated

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