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

I was naïve and just totally blindly happy about the publishing process in the beginning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 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

Krauss said that sense of security now feels painfully naïve.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

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

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

At the time, that did not sound entirely naive.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

"We cannot when all is said and done be naive in our dealings with China," he said, after holding talks with staff representatives and local politicians.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Hig thinks most people are decent and can be trusted; Bangley thinks that’s naive nonsense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

An affable Victorian gentleman, Franklin was said to be a good-natured bumbler, dogged and clueless, with the naive ideals of a child and a disdain for acquiring backcountry skills.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer