naif
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He trusts his naif with more agency, and so “Pillion” is freer to play its insults for laughs.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
He’s a frustrated naif trying to gain agency, to figure himself out.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024
At times sweet naif, at times screaming banshee, she seems not quite human, like the strange half-duck/half-dog creature that follows her around the scientist’s house.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023
When he decided to tell the government to go pound sand, he was not some naif who hadn't been in government before and didn't know the rules.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2023
This explains why the pursuit of science, so long as it remains superficial, is not incompatible with the most naif sort of religious faith.
From Damn! A Book of Calumny by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
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