artless Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
ingenuous.
- an ingenuous admission of responsibility
adjective simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
- an artless manner
- artless elegance
adjective satellite showing lack of art
- an artless translation
adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
uncultivated; uncultured.

Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.
Artless of stars and of the moving sand. Dryden.
Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. R.
Artless and massy pillars. T. Warton.
Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.
They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. Porteus.

O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan! Cowper.
Syn. -- Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless; unsophisticated; open; frank; candid.