naif
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“Pillion” isn’t judgmental, but it also doesn’t expect Melling’s naif to like everything his partner orders him to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Even at 78, he remained the wonderstruck naif with a goodness so powerful it could transport all of us into another dimension.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
When he decided to tell the government to go pound sand, he was not some naif who hadn't been in government before and didn't know the rules.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
Efron’s version of Chickie is an easily swayed naif, which is how one thing leads to another.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
She was puzzled, too, that Paul should be so obviously pleased with the rather naif adoration.
From The Captives by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
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