naïve
Example Sentences
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Jenny told her case detective and he said he would come back to her, but he never did: "I was so young and naive, I didn't push him on it."
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I know it sounds both naive and quaint, but going to see a game should be a common ritual with family and/or friends.
Fourteen days, four defeats - one a cup final, another a top-of-the-table clash - several alarmingly naive comments, the ridiculed use of a tactics board, and an eye-popping social media post.
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"Mainstream parties would be naive to assume that these voters will simply return when they get older," he adds.
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The report said that Pierce was "naive and inexperienced in coping with anybody who treated him in this way".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
