naive
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4.1
- adjective
- /nɑːˈiːv/
:
ingenuo
- That's how ridiculously naive we were about filming back then.
- naive to think
- so naive
- hopelessly naive
Other than that, I was too naive to be afraid of anything.
- Other than that, I was too naive to be afraid of anything.
- And I will get called stupid, naive, weak.
- Like it's, it's now it's gone from cute and naive to grossly negligent.
- That's how ridiculously naive we were about filming back then.
- I understood that I came to it from a very naive point of view.
- The bookstores were very naive about Amazon.
- OK, what do I mean by naive optimism?
- I think that I was so naive as to what you needed to do.
- But experience wise, we were very naive and we thought, well, that's great.
- But I would sit with him and ask really, really naive and stupid questions.
- Now, could you say it's because he had a naive understanding of human psychology?
- That is a naive and false description.
- And I really, I think I was just incredibly naive, but I was raped.
- And that is the the naive approach to storing passwords.
Examples
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Come on now, don't be naive, lieutenant.
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OK, what do I mean by naive optimism?
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Other than that, I was too naive to be afraid of anything.
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And this is in some ways too naive, as we will see.
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But at the same time, it might be pretty naive to not show up at all.
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I think that I was so naive as to what you needed to do.
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I understood that I came to it from a very naive point of view.
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I'm here to say I was naive and I was wrong.
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You know, let's think through a naive person's view of this experience.
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Her brother says Kathy was always a bit naive when it came to relationships.
Synonyms
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2.9
Not experienced and unaware of how things work
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4.2
Easily persuaded to believe things that are not true
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4.7
A person who has little experience of the world and seems naive
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8.0
People who do not know about a subject or activity
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7.0
Not knowing or understanding important information
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7.5
A person who does not know much yet about a job or task
Having a simple, innocent way and little experience of the world
Someone who has no training or basic knowledge about a subject
Antonyms
Compounds
Art made by people without formal training that looks simple and childlike, often with bright colors
- Specialized
A simple method that uses chance to put items into groups, assuming each detail acts alone
How Naive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Naive comes from French naïf and Latin nativus, which means 'born' or 'natural' and is the same root as English native. So a naive person acts 'natural' and has little experience of the world, which is why the word means 'inexperienced' or 'too trusting'.