naive

Maybe those feeling that way are old fashioned and naive to think that sporting standards can still exist in the modern era, even in golf?

My inclination was always to sneak on the air without any fanfare whatsoever, and then maybe advertise after — that is very naive, apparently.

"I think every professional adviser makes mistakes, but the volume of and the consistency of these complex, high-risk, unregulated investments were just totally unsuitable for young, naive, kind of financially inexperienced footballers," said Rees.

Itauma acknowledges previous dreams of taking Tyson's record as the youngest heavyweight champion were "naive".

I loved his wayward, almost naive approach to conversation — “I ask dumb,” he said — which could produce interesting results that might elude better prepared interviewers.