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

I didn’t realize it at the time, but there was also insecurity there: An American embarrassed by a rough, unsophisticated America, envious of Europe’s aristocratic polish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“Yes, our ‘explainer’ was too simplistic and unsophisticated, given the sensitivity of the quote, and we’ve discussed this error as a staff and addressed how to avoid it in the future,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

For a long time, scientists considered Neanderthals brutish and unsophisticated by comparison with our species.

From BBC • May 1, 2024

The police were unsophisticated in the Transkei, and from the moment I left the boardinghouse, they followed me everywhere I went.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela