unsavvy
Lacking street smarts
Unsavvy means lacking practical knowledge or shrewdness about how things work.
An unsavvy investor falls for obvious scams; an unsavvy negotiator accepts the first offer.
The word implies naïveté in areas where experience or street smarts would help: He was politically unsavvy and made enemies unnecessarily.
Lacking any understanding
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
unknowing · uneducated · unenlightened · dense · confused · bewildered · perplexed · baffled
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- trustingInclined to believe others
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
artless · unworldly · unsophisticated · guileless · impressionable · childlike · wide-eyed · simple
Color of vegetation
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- amateurNonprofessional participant
neophyte · fledgling · newbie · tyro · apprentice · trainee · learner · unpracticed
One fearing modern devices
- analogComparable equivalent
- non-digitalNot computerized or electronic
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
- offlineNot internet-connected
clueless
Lacking any understanding
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
uninformed · unknowing · uneducated · unenlightened · dense · confused · bewildered · perplexed · baffled · puzzled
gullible
Easily deceived
ingenuous · artless · unworldly · unsophisticated · guileless · impressionable · childlike · wide-eyed · simple · unguarded
green
Color of vegetation
amateur · neophyte · fledgling · newbie · tyro · apprentice · trainee · learner · unpracticed · untrained
technophobe
One fearing modern devices
- analogComparable equivalent
- non-digitalNot computerized or electronic
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
unsavvysavvy
Practical shrewdness
worldly-wise · street-smart · shrewd · astute · canny
unsavvysophisticated
Worldly and cultured
worldly · streetwise · discerning · perceptive · aware