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unsophisticate

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From un- + sophisticate.

noun unsophisticates

  1. An unsophisticated person. In The New Yorker 80 years ago, Lou Gehrig was portrayed as an unsophisticate and a mama’s boy once rumored to have gone to the movies with a “red-cheeked German girl who wore a bunch of flowers in her hat.”

Opposite: sophisticate

adjective more unsophisticate · most unsophisticate

  1. unsophisticated

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Opposite: sophisticate

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"unsophisticate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unsophisticate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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unsophisticate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unsophisticate

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"unsophisticate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unsophisticate.

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@misc{unsophisticate_2026,
  title = {unsophisticate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unsophisticate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}