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ingenuous

[in-jen-yoo-uhs] / ɪnˈdʒɛn yu əs /


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Less an ingenuous revelation of lofty self-insulation from such voters, then.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Jennifer Johnson Cano’s mezzo-soprano was smoothly plangent as Emilia; the tenor Pene Pati was a sweetly ingenuous Cassio.

From New York Times • May 22, 2022

“There’s always been people that do ‘home-brew’ — trying to find newer, ingenuous ways of generating radio waves.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2019

It’s more clean-cut in its sensibility, more earnestly ingenuous.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2018

“But why do you want to keep the embryo below par?” asked an ingenuous student.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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