artless vs indirect

artless

adj
  • Free of artificiality; natural. 

  • Poorly made or done; crude. 

  • Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit. 

  • Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant. 

indirect

adj
  • Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result 

  • Not focused straight at the target or subject, but by more subtle means 

  • Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path 

noun
  • An indirect cost. 

  • An indirect radiator 

verb
  • To access by means of indirection; to dereference. 

How often have the words artless and indirect occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )