artlessness
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Did his school peers get under his skin: their sense of entitlement, their contempt for the lower orders, their noise, their vulgarity and artlessness?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020
Even the most artful memoir lays claim to a certain artlessness.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2019
He blurs the line between deliberate artlessness and accidental ineptness to such a degree that it’s hard to tell if the dialogue is meant to be as bland and clunky as it often is.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2019
Walker’s artlessness often swerves from astounding to grating, almost precious.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2018
The artlessness and simplicity of their confessions render them not simply entertaining, but more instructive than almost any other statements made at the examinations and trials.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
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