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  • 101bumpkinly — adjective awkwardly simple and provincial bumpkinly country boys rustic farmers a hick town the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists • Syn: ↑hick, ↑rustic, ↑unsophisticated …

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  • 102low-tech — adjective not involving high technology • Ant: ↑high tech * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : not relating to, using, or characterized by high technology : technologically simple or unsophisticated low tech industries * * * /loh tek /, adj. low… …

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  • 103provincial — adj. & n. adj. 1 a of or concerning a province. b of or concerning the provinces. 2 unsophisticated or uncultured in manner, speech, opinion, etc. n. 1 an inhabitant of a province or the provinces. 2 an unsophisticated or uncultured person. 3… …

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  • 104rustic — adj. & n. adj. 1 having the characteristics of or associations with the country or country life. 2 unsophisticated, simple, unrefined. 3 of rude or country workmanship. 4 made of untrimmed branches or rough timber (a rustic bench). 5 (of… …

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  • 105rough and ready — ▶ adjective BASIC, simple, crude, unrefined, unsophisticated; makeshift, provisional, stopgap, improvised, extemporary, ad hoc; hurried, sketchy. * * * crude but effective …

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  • 106MUHAMMAD° — (Muhammad ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAbd al Muttalib ibn Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn Quṣayy; c. 570–632), founder and prophet of islam . Muhammad was born in Mecca around 570 C.E. In his twenties he married Khadīja, in whose service he was trading; she was …

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  • 107MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …

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  • 108gung-ho — {adj.}, {colloquial} Enthusiastic, full of eagerness in an uncritical or unsophisticated manner. * /Suzie is all gung ho on equal rights for women, but fails to see the consequences./ …

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  • 109gung-ho — {adj.}, {colloquial} Enthusiastic, full of eagerness in an uncritical or unsophisticated manner. * /Suzie is all gung ho on equal rights for women, but fails to see the consequences./ …

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  • 110Artless — Art less, 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 …

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