unsophisticated
Example Sentences
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Everything fell: oil prices, the dollar, even gold, because investors were shocked by how unsophisticated and draconian the policy was.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
“The market for these stocks is unsophisticated retail investors. There are no institutions buying these things,” Ritter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
Since the mid-2010s - and since Antonio Conte, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp - the Premier League has attracted Europe's best coaches, putting a once sleepy and unsophisticated division at the vanguard of tactical innovation.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025
When Mark Delgado made his MLS debut, he was just 17 and even he acknowledges his approach to soccer was unsophisticated.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
I was unsophisticated and tried to use nosiness only when it counted the most.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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