naif
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One of the greatest tragedies of the Messenger is a hypothetical left unfulfilled: What could someone who wasn’t a complete naïf have done with a $50 million investment in a media company?
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2024
Its deft scrappy aesthetic, applied to a modern symptom like the Powerball, winks at the stereotype of the outsider artist as visionary naïf.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
When the former heel of “The View” broached the topic near the top of her new podcast’s third episode the naïf in me wondered if he’d answered those questions.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2023
Farrell is the wounded, almost childlike naïf who doesn’t appreciate his surroundings.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023
Better than all dissertations, the above words convey an idea of the naïf simplicity of the man who uttered them.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
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