naïve

"In the naïve quark model, there are three quarks inside a proton, but nothing else," said Tommy Tsang, formerly a postdoc at Kent State University, now at DOE's Argonne National Laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

This “Farm” isn’t lacking for good intentions and, in spots, as with Woody Harrelson’s fine casting as the naïve, loyal horse Boxer, one can see glimmers of what a good adaptation might have been.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Although it may seem naïve, on the surface, to stoop to such mundanity — a variation on our era’s “go outside and touch grass” naturalism — Styles may be genuinely onto something.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

That doesn’t determine editorial decisions, but it would be naïve to believe it doesn’t at all shape them.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026

How naïve I had been to think I could control any of it.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

The naive can-do-ism of “Parks and Recreation” was millennial, but so was the go-nowhere nihilism of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Hopefully, I don’t sound as naive as those early internet optimists, who thought new shifts would usher in a golden age of humanity.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Hochman said Flores simply could have taken notes on the inappropriate comments and turned them in to superiors or the independent inspector general, which strikes me as either sweetly naive or disingenuous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"I was a bit petulant and naive back then," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Don t be so naive, Uncle. You know that’s never happened,” Alba answered.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende