naiveté
Example Sentences
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But Dougal’s naiveté does not preclude a sly sense of humor.
Josh O’Connor, in an amusing combination of naiveté and canniness, does fine work in the lead role as a boxer turned priest who, after slugging a colleague, gets penitentially sent to work with a difficult cleric in a small parish in New York state.
Indeed, a certain amount of failure is written into the character, with his mix of optimistic naivete and self-puncturing pride, a combination LeBlanc is skilled at bringing to life.
From Los Angeles Times
The case against her was threadbare, a product of postwar rancor, false testimony and manipulative journalists who had preyed on her naivete.
From Los Angeles Times
The premise of these is that the war was misguided and fruitless, a product of post-9/11 irrationalism and naiveté about the Middle East.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
