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unsophisticated

[uhn-suh-fis-ti-key-tid] / ˌʌn səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪ tɪd /


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Getting such a charter would give huge latitude to crypto banks, endangering unsophisticated investors, critics say.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

The song's music video proved too much for a group of "concerned" public figures in Cyprus, who called it "unsophisticated" and "insulting to Cypriot history, traditions and aesthetics".

From BBC May 8, 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

This isn’t really about sophisticated firms being punished by unsophisticated ones, although there’s some of that.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

I had come to the army as an escape from my life—as many men did, I suppose—and though I’d had a complex and rougher childhood than most, I was still virtually unsophisticated.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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