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Comparative for having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit
“When meeting the faculty at Wellesley, Roberts is artless enough to admit she has never been to Europe.”
Comparative for natural and free from artificiality
“Dressed in a baggy black jumper, a denim mini-skirt, and woolly tights, she looks great in an effortless, artless kind of way.”
Comparative for forthright or frank in nature
“The artless advice of this fascinating creature had more influence upon my actions than any sage cautions or labored admonitions could have had.”
Comparative for innocent or childlike in nature
“Few elected representatives or senior public servants would claim to have been the artless victims of manipulative bureaucrats or lobbyists.”
Comparative for crudely constructed, typically in a hasty or improvised manner
“He saw in the Muses Galantes the artless work of an amateur and an upstart.”
Comparative for awkward or uncoordinated in movement or in handling things
Comparative for unconcerned in attitude or action
Comparative for in accordance with the truth or facts
(of a person) Comparative for lacking sophistication or refinement
Comparative for conspicuously or bluntly spoken or demonstrable
Comparative for without faults or moral blemishes
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