naïve
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“I didn’t go into my relationship with him blind. I am neither naive nor am I complicit,” she said, adding she and her husband discussed those claims.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
A self-assured, naive young woman joins a dysfunctional theater company in Beryl Bainbridge’s darkly comic novel of mishaps and maturity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"I was naive and there's a lot I've learned from it and there are things I would have done differently," he told the latest Newscast episode.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
It would be naive to say that wasn’t an accelerant.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
“WL” was Farmer’s abbreviation for “white liberal,” a group that donated quite generously to Partners in Health but which he now seemed to be claiming was naive.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing naïve
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 9
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