artless

Definitions

Without guile or deception; natural and sincere.

Lacking skill, knowledge, or sophistication; crude or unrefined.

Examples

Her artless charm and genuine smile made everyone in the room feel immediately at ease.

The child gave an artless explanation for the broken vase, unaware that his honesty would reveal his guilt.

Synonyms

guileless ingenuous naive candid unsophisticated natural sincere

Antonyms

cunning deceitful sophisticated calculating artful sly crafty