unsophisticated

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“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

Working class people are frequently portrayed as lazy, uneducated, or unsophisticated, but we also have a long history of recognizing their hard work, savvy, and perseverance.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2024

“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

Corresponding author Dr Natalie Borg, from RMIT's School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, said this seemingly unsophisticated concept of skewering the virus required considerable technical expertise.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 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