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| backwoods |
primitive or uncultured; unsophisticated. [1/4 definitions] |
| burlesque |
in the United States, a stage show that features unsophisticated burlesques, popular music, and often stripteases; vaudeville show. [1/5 definitions] |
| clodhopper |
an unsophisticated country person; crude person; bumpkin. [1/2 definitions] |
| gutbucket |
jazz played in a raucous, unsophisticated style. |
| hick |
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel. |
| homebred |
unrefined; lacking polish; unsophisticated. [1/2 definitions] |
| innocent |
one who is innocent, esp. a young or unsophisticated person. [1/6 definitions] |
| jejune |
childish, juvenile, or unsophisticated. [1/3 definitions] |
| jerkwater |
(informal) unsophisticated, backward, or insignificant. |
| lowbrow |
someone having unsophisticated, nonintellectual interests (often used disparagingly). (Cf. highbrow.) [1/2 definitions] |
| naive |
simple, natural, and unsophisticated; lacking in suspicion. [1/2 definitions] |
| peasant |
an unsophisticated country person, or a person considered to be crude and unlearned. [1/2 definitions] |
| primitive |
simple; undeveloped; unsophisticated. [1/6 definitions] |
| provincial |
having the unsophisticated characteristics and manners attributed to people living in areas remote from cities; not fashionable. [2/6 definitions] |
| rustic |
unsophisticated; simple; unpolished. [2/4 definitions] |
| small-town |
unsophisticated; provincial. [1/2 definitions] |
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