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Naive

  1. adjective

    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

    “a teenager's naive ignorance of life”

    Similar: naif

  2. adjective

    of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

    “primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking”

    Similar: primitive

  3. adjective

    not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

    “it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes”

    Similar: uninitiate, uninitiated

  4. adjective

    lacking information or instruction

    “lamentably unenlightened as to the laws”

    Similar: uninstructed, unenlightened

Word family

naiveness · naively