ingenuous
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Less an ingenuous revelation of lofty self-insulation from such voters, then.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
His greatest hope for the future, Meghan is a high school senior at a horsy boarding school in the Washington area and possibly the most ingenuous girl since Alice in Wonderland.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022
But he has previously signaled his support for the coach, and his other comments on Monday reflected an ingenuous acceptance of Clement’s fraudulent narrative.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2022
Teddy does have trouble staying tethered to reality, but he’s a smart and curious guy who loves Irene even as he uses her, and to his credit he’s too ingenuous to be a decent liar.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2018
Even in the happiest times he’d made fun of my California accent, my secondhand overcoat and my room barren of tasteful bibelots, but in such an ingenuous way I couldn’t possibly do anything but laugh.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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