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<div style="overflow:hidden;"><h2 class="normal">March 12, 2014</h2><h1 class="main_hdr" style="float:left;">Word of the Day</h1><div class="pw_widget pw_copypaste_true pw_size_16 pw_counter_false" style="margin:9px 0 0 0;padding:0;float:right;"><a class="pw_facebook"></a><a class="pw_twitter"></a><a class="pw_email"></a><a class="pw_url" style="display:none;">http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/1969/12/31</a><a class="pw_title" style="display:none">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day</a></div><script src="http://w.po.st/share/script/post-widget.js#publisherKey=Merriam-Webster" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><div class="athletics_dots" style="clear:both;"></div></div><div class="sidexside"><ul><li><strong class="main_entry_word">artless</strong></li><li><a href="javascript:popWin('/audio.php?file=artles01.wav&word=artless&text=\\AHRT-lus\\')"><img src="/images/wod/mwol2010_audio_pron_blue.gif" alt="audio pronunciation" style="margin: 0px 3px -1px 3px; padding: 0px; border: none;" /></a></li><li><span class="pron">\AHRT-lus\</span></li></ul></div><div class="sidexside"><ul class="ulleaders" style="background: url('/images/dots_athletics_bkg_repeatx.gif') repeat-x;" ><li><strong class="hdrleaders">DEFINITION</strong></li><li><div></div></li></ul></div><p class="word_function">adjective</p><div class="d"><div class="sblk"><div class="snum">1</div><div class="scnt"><span class="ssens"><strong>:</strong> lacking art, knowledge, or skill <strong>:</strong> uncultured</span></div></div><div class="sblk"><div class="snum">2</div><div class="scnt"><span class="ssens"><em class="sn">a</em> <strong>:</strong> made without skill <strong>:</strong> crude</span><span class="ssens"><span class="break"> </span><em class="sn">b</em> <strong>:</strong> free from artificiality <strong>:</strong> natural</span></div></div><div class="sblk"><div class="snum">3</div><div class="scnt"><span class="ssens"><strong>:</strong> free from guile or craft <strong>:</strong> sincerely simple</span></div></div></div><div class="sidexside"><ul class="ulleaders" style="background: url('/images/dots_athletics_bkg_repeatx.gif') repeat-x;" ><li><strong class="hdrleaders">EXAMPLES</strong></li><li><div></div></li></ul></div><p class="word_example_didu">The senator's folksy demeanor and seemingly <em>artless</em> candor belie the man's shrewd and calculating political sensibilities.
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