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naive

/nɑ'iv/

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adjective
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
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"a teenager's naive ignorance of life" "the naive assumption that things can only get better" "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"

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naif ingenuous innocent round-eyed simple simple-minded wide-eyed childlike credulous dewy-eyed fleeceable green gullible unsophisticated unworldly

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sophisticated
adjective
lacking information or instruction
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unenlightened uninstructed uninformed
adjective
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
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primitive untrained
adjective
not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
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"he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"

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uninitiate uninitiated inexperient inexperienced
adjective
inexperienced
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innate unconditioned unlearned

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