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ingenuous

[in-jen-yoo-uhs] / ɪnˈdʒɛn ju əs /


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Less an ingenuous revelation of lofty self-insulation from such voters, then.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

Jennifer Johnson Cano’s mezzo-soprano was smoothly plangent as Emilia; the tenor Pene Pati was a sweetly ingenuous Cassio.

From New York Times May 22, 2022

“There’s always been people that do ‘home-brew’ — trying to find newer, ingenuous ways of generating radio waves.”

From Washington Post Dec. 31, 2019

It’s more clean-cut in its sensibility, more earnestly ingenuous.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2018

“But why do you want to keep the embryo below par?” asked an ingenuous student.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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