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Unsophisticated

Definition: Unsophisticated

Unsophisticated

Adjective

1. Not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien.

2. Lacking complexity; "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine".

3. Lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen".

4. Awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists".

5. Lacking sophistication.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unsophisticated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)


Synonyms: Unsophisticated

Synonyms: bumpkinly (adj), callow (adj), hick (adj), inexperienced (adj), naive (adj), rustic (adj), uncomplicated (adj), unworldly (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Unsophisticated

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Artlessness

Adjective: artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest; innocent; Arcadian; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted.

Simpleness

Unmixed, unmingled, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded; elementary, undecomposed; unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed, untinged, unfortified, pur et simple; incomplex.

Truth

Pure, natural, sound, sterling; unsophisticated, unadulterated, unvarnished, unalloyed, uncolored; in its true colors; pukka.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Unsophisticated

English words defined with "unsophisticated": bumpkinly, bushwhackerhick, hillbillyjejuneness, jejunityNiasrustictamenessuncomplicated, Unsophisticate, unworldlyvapidity, vapidness. (references)
Specialty definitions using "unsophisticated": Agnesoiksubject indexVerdant Green. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Unsophisticated

DomainTitle

Books

  • Hick Is Chic: A Guide to Etiquette for the Grossly Unsophisticated (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Unsophisticated".

PlayCaption
Spit; joke; childish; childlike; foolish; frivolous; infantile; infantine; juvenile; kid stuff; naive; pedomorphic; petty; prekindergarten; puerile; silly; unsophisticated; young; youthful; immature.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Unsophisticated

TitleAuthorQuote

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

He was so genuine and unsophisticated that no introduction would serve to introduce him, more than if you introduced a woodchuck to your neighbor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Unsophisticated

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Chad

The Chadian market is unsophisticated and the variety of products available is quite limited. (references)

Kenya

The Kenyan market is still unsophisticated and requires visual representation for most products, particularly technically detailed products. (references)

Indonesia

Banking practices were very unsophisticated, with collateral-based lending the norm and widespread violation of prudential regulations, including limits on connected lending. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Unsophisticated

"Unsophisticated" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unsophisticated" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%11829,674

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Unsophisticated

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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unsophisticated

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Modern Translation: Unsophisticated

Language Translations for "unsophisticated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i thjeshtë (abecedarian, artless, austere, bare, chaste, childlike, common, easy, elementary, enlisted, folksy, foolproof, Hick, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, inelaborate, informal, ingenuous, inornate, mere, modest, native, natural, neat, not mingled, onefold, ordinary, plain, prime, primitive, private, pure, quotidian, rude, russet, rustic, simple, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unpretending, unpretentious, very), i papërvojë (callow, greener, half-baked, inexperienced, raw, sucking, unexperienced, unpractical, unpractised, unschooled, unskilled, unversed), i çiltër (artless, candid, direct, downright, forthright, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, innocent, open, open-hearted, plain, plain spoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, wholehearted). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غير ممذوق, ‏غير مغشوش, ‏غير مزخرف (homely), ‏ساذج (artless, credulous, drip, gaga, gimp, green, guileless, gullible, honest, ingenuous, innocent, mug, naive, ninny, oafish, pastoral, patsy, platitudinous, primitive, provincial, silly, simple, untutored, unworldly), ‏بسيط (attic, chaste, crude, down to earth, elementary, homely, honest, innocent, low-browed, lowly, mere, modest, naive, natural, pastoral, petty, plain, primitive, provincial, rustic, silly, simple, simple minded, sparing, straightforward, unaffected, unpretentious, unvarnished, with distortion). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, downright, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), некомплициран (uncomplicated), невинен (artless, blameless, clean-handed, guileless, guiltless, innocent, irreproachable, sinless, unblamable, unoffending, virginal, white, white-handed, wide-eyed), необигран, неопитен (callow, coltish, fresh, green, inexpert, maiden, raw, sucking, unexperienced, unpractised, unschooled, unseasoned, untutored, unversed, unworldly, verdant, young), неподправен (absolute, authentic, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncoined, unvarnished), наивен (artless, fond, green, guileless, gullible, ingenuous, jejune, naпve, naif, silly, simple, undesigning, untutored, unworldly, wide-eyed), естествен (artless, honorary, ingenuous, innate, living, matter of course, native, natural, simple, spontaneous, unceremonious, uncoined, unpretending, unschooled, unstarched, unstrained, untaught, untutored), простодушен (ingenuous, innocent, simple, unartful, undesigning). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

不懂事故. (various references)

   

Czech

  

ryzí (fine, genuine, pure, sincere, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed), prostý (austere, chaste, coarse, frugal, homely, naked, plain, rustic, simple, single, sober, unaffected, unpretentious, unworldly, vulgar), nefalšovaný (genuine, unadulterated), jednoduchý (easy, elementary, homely, mere, open and shut, simple, single, singular). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

luonnonraikas (fresh, unaffected). (various references)

   

French

  

simple (unaffected, unostentatious, unvarnished), pas compliqué (unvarnished), naturel (unadulterated, unaffected, unstudied), naïf (unworldly). (various references)

   

German

  

unverfälscht (genuine, pristine, pure, straight, unadulterated, unaffected, undiluted, unspoiled, unspoilt). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απονήρευτοσ (guileless), αθωώσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לא מתוחכם, תמים (blameless, complete, entire, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naןve, simple, upright, whole). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hamisítatlan (of the first water, proper, pure, sheer, simon-pure, unadulterated, unmitigated), eredeti (aboriginal, genuine, initial, native, novel, original, primaeval, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primordial, pristine, true), egyszerû (austere, easy, homely, inglorious, mean, modest, open and shut, primitive, simple, undress, unpretentious). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"朴 (homeliness, honest, naive, rustic simplicity, simple). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しつぼく (simplicity), ぼくとつ (artlessness, naive, rugged honesty, simple, unaffected), ういういしい (artless, innocent), じゅ"ぼく (homeliness, honest, naive, rustic simplicity, simple), さい (out of fashion, primitive). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ophisticatedunsay

   

Portuguese

  

simples (artless, chaste, classic, classical, convenient, easy, frugal, green, guileless, homely, homespun, humble, ingenuous, innocent, inornate, matter-of-course, mere, modest, natural, onefold, outage, plain, primary, pure, regular, self-effacing, sheer, shirt-sleeve, simple, simple-hearted, single, singles, smattering, soft, sole, solitary, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, unlaboured, unostentatious, unvarnished, unworldly), natural (apparent, artless, breathing, flowing, genuine, glib, inartificial, inbred, innate, lifelike, matter-of-course, native, natural, normal, outage, physical, plain, shirt-sleeve, spontaneous, unaffected, unconstrained, unlaboured, unstrained, unstudied, untaught, unvarnished), inocente (blameless, clear, guiltless, harmless, immaculate, ingenuous, innocent, inoffensive, lamblike, shirt-sleeve, sinless, taintless, unoffending), ingénuo (callow, candid, dupe, fool, naïve, naive, non-partisan, outage, shirt-sleeve, simple, unsuspicious, verdant), inexperiente (artless, callow, fresh, green, half-baked, inexperienced, muff, outage, raw, shirt-sleeve, sucking, unpractised, unskilful, unskilled, untrained, verdant, young). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

simplu (agrestic, artless, austere, average, bald, bare, common, easy, elementary, grave, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, humbly, mere, modest, natural, neat, patriarchal, plain, plainly, primitive, pure, quiet, ready, russet, segregate, simple, simple minded, simply, single, singular, soft-headed, straight, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, undisguised, unpretending, unpretentious, unvarnished), natural (careless, certainly, easy, genuine, home-bred, innocent, kind, lifelike, matter of course, native, natural, naturally, physical, primitive, real, reasonably, simple, undisguised, unvarnished). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

нефальсифицированный (unadulterated), безыскуственный (unartful), без примеси (sheer, without mixture). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

priprost. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

no sofisticado. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

okonstlad (artless, ingenuous, inornate, jejune, natural, simple, unaffected), naturlig (artless, constitutional, gut, homespun, inartificial, inborn, indigenous, inelaborate, innate, matter of course, natural, unaffected, untaught), naiv (green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf, naïve, naif, naive, obvious, simple, simplistic). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

saf (absolute, all, artless, candid, clean, clear, country bumpkin, credulous, deceivable, dewy-eyed, distilled, dupe, elemental, elementary, entire, facile, fine, genuine, greenhorn, gudgeon, guileless, gull, gullible, harmless, homespun, honest, immaculate, ingenuous, innocent, juggins, mere, naïve, pigeon, pristine, pure, pure-minded, rank, raw, real, refined, simple, simple minded, simple simon, simple-hearted, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblended, uncontaminated, undiluted, unmixed, unsuspicious, untutored, unworldly, witless), sade (artless, austere, bald, bare, chaste, frugal, frugally, homely, homespun, just, mere, merely, only, plain, pure, rustic, severe, simple, simplificative, sober, stark, unadorned, unmixed), kafasız (addle-brained, addle-pated, duffer, harebrained, headless, light in the head, soft, soft in the head, stupid, tomfool, witless), içeriksiz (empty, meaningless, pithless), doğal (artless, connatural, easy, free, inartificial, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingenuous, inherent, innate, native, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, unschooled, unstudied), deneyimsiz (half-baked, illiterate, inexperienced, inexpert, raw, unpracticed, unpractised, unskilled), bozulmamış (intact, inviolate, pristine, sound, unbroken, unimpaired, unspoiled, unspoilt, untainted, untouched). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

чистий (absolute, austere, blank, bright, chaste, childlike, clean, cleanly, clear, crystal, immaculate, native, neat, net, pristine, pure, silvery, spotless, unadulterated, unalloyed, virginal, white), нефальсифікований, наївний (artless, babyish, innocent, naпve), простий (artless, austere, babyish, bald, bare, childlike, mere, onefold, ordinary, plain, primary, prime, run of the mill, shirt-sleeve, simple, stateless, straightforward, unaffected, unartful, unceremonious). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ngay thật (frank, sincere, sincerely), ngây th, không xo quyệt, không tinh vi, không gian trá, chất phác (bluff, plain, simple-minded). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Unsophisticated"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "unsophisticated" (pronounced u'nsufi"stikā'tud)
12-s u f i" s t i k ā' t u dsophisticated.
6-i k ā' t u dduplicated, extricated, fabricated, implicated, medicated, prefabricated, replicated, syndicated.
5-k ā' t u dabdicated, adjudicated, advocated, allocated, authenticated, bifurcated, communicated, complicated, confiscated, domesticated, educated, eradicated, excommunicated, inculcated, indicated, intoxicated, located, lubricated, misallocated, pontificated, predicated, prognosticated, reallocated, reciprocated, suffocated, truncated, unallocated, uncomplicated, uneducated.
4-ā' t u dabbreviated, abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adulterated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, automated, backdated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, compensated, concentrated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, dominated, donated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, facilitated, fascinated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, migrated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, populated, precipitated, predominated, premeditated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, rebated, recalculated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, syncopated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, tolerated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated.
3-t u dabated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Unsophisticated

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-h-i-i-n-o-p-s-s-t-t-u"

-2 letters: custodianship, educationists, sophisticated.

-3 letters: cuspidations, disputations, educationist, enthusiastic, outdistances, sophisticate, unchastities.

-4 letters: anecdotists, antiseptics, constipated, constipates, cuspidation, decussation, deputations, disputation, hesitations, inaptitudes, outdistance, pantheistic, poinsettias, psittacines, snapshotted, speciations, stephanotis, studentship, suspicioned.

-5 letters: anecdotist, antipoetic, antiseptic, antithesis, astonished, austenitic, cadetships, cathepsins, chastities, chattiness, constipate, cousinship, custodians, depictions, deputation, dianthuses, diaphonies, dictations, dispatches, dispiteous, disputants, dissection.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-h-i-i-n-o-p-s-s-t-t-u"
 

+5 letters: pseudosophistication.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Unsophisticated


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 73 6F 70 68 69 73 74 69 63 61 74 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    ...    ---    .--.    ....    ..    ...    -    ..    -.-.    .-    -    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01110011 01101111 01110000 01101000 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#115 &#111 &#112 &#104 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0073 006F 0070 0068 0069 0073 0074 0069 0063 0061 0074 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

558085818274758586756967867170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Sounds
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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