Art'less, a.

a. 1. Wanting art, knowledge, or skill. 2. Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind. They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. 3. Contrived without skill or art; inartificial; as, an artless tale. Syn.—Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless; open; frank; candid.