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English to English adjective
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marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience |  | Example: 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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of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | | Example: primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
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inexperienced | | source: wordnet30
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lacking information or instruction | | Example: lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
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not initiated; deficient in relevant experience | | Example: it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes
he took part in the experiment as a naive subject
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