naiveté

Example Sentences

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But Dougal’s naiveté does not preclude a sly sense of humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Call it naiveté or just plain stupidity, but I showed up to my first day of class overconfident.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

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

“They probably were. Our childish naiveté saved us.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia