unsophisticated
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This isn’t really about sophisticated firms being punished by unsophisticated ones, although there’s some of that.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 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
Colonial-era urban elites in Calcutta, influenced by European tastes, often dismissed jatra as rustic or unsophisticated.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 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
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
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