naiveté

Example Sentences

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“Dance No More” has a few squawky synths that hint at an appealingly analog ’80s feel, but everything is rendered so immaculately that any sense of naiveté is quickly snuffed out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

In his hands, the naiveté of a given era’s technology becomes poignant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

The way it has played out suggests either naiveté, or a cavalier disregard for the young people this law was intended to help.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Nor does she take the easy route of mistaking a young woman’s naiveté for passivity or victimhood, qualities that could scarcely be more absent from Spaeny’s intensely watchful performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023

It was either an amazing feat of stubbornness or naiveté, I thought, for someone who had seen so much death and suffering to still believe so unconditionally that everyone was as stand-up as he was.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken