artless

a. 1. Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artless of stars and of the moving sand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Artless and massy pillars. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, how unlike the complex works of man,
Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan! Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless; unsophisticated; open; frank; candid. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]