naive
IPA: naɪˈiv
noun
- A naive person; a greenhorn.
adjective
- Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- Not having been exposed to something.
- (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
- (computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
Examples of "naive" in Sentences
- The boy is callow and naive.
- Fergus is the most naive of the group.
- Perhaps the point is both naive and banal.
- Metaphor comes to the aid of the naive here.
- Big Star is the naive cousin of The Big Time.
- Rose is portrayed as a naive, simple minded yokel.
- She begins the book sexually naive, but inquisitive.
- The naive empiricism of induction was shown to be illogical by Hume.
- It is the beautiful daughter of the family but it is foolish and naive.