unsophisticated

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He added that “unfortunately, many unsophisticated investors will be left holding the bag in the end.”

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

They found that the gains on prediction markets go almost entirely to sophisticated traders, while long-shot bets and unsophisticated traders take losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

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

Bogan, a term which first emerged in Australia in the 1980s, initially meant an "unsophisticated and uncultured person" with negative connotations, but not for Louis.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

Although they came from a simple unsophisticated small-town family, both of them, quite independently of one another, developed a powerful interest in beautiful things.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl