unsophisticated

Example Sentences

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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

I didn’t realize it at the time, but there was also insecurity there: An American embarrassed by a rough, unsophisticated America, envious of Europe’s aristocratic polish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“It was a rather unsophisticated item,” Hunt conceded.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin