naive

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This is how naive I was: I thought, Wow, that’s great.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 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

I mean, this could be naive, but I feel 100% safe that you are never going to replicate an evening of stand-up at a nigtclub like that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

But if we were naive to believe executives when they initially said AI would merely help us, then perhaps we ought to be skeptical of their new, job-killer narrative, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

But she only let out a bitter chuckle and told me I was naive.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan