Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Artless \Art"less\, 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. [R.]
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.
Syn: Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless;
unsophisticated; open; frank; candid.
Source : WordNet®
artless
adj 1: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not
devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
[syn: {ingenuous}] [ant: {disingenuous}]
2: simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless
manner"; "artless elegance" [ant: {artful}]
3: showing lack of art; "an artless translation"
4: (of persons) lacking art or knowledge [syn: {uncultivated},
{uncultured}]