naiveté
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Bailey has a wide-eyed clueless cuteness that lends to her character’s well-meaning naiveté — even her missteps have a way of working out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
But Dougal’s naiveté does not preclude a sly sense of humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
In his hands, the naiveté of a given era’s technology becomes poignant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
His flat, halting delivery and air of slightly baffled naiveté remain charmingly effective comic tools, just as they have been in his comedies dating back to when he played Ted “Theodore” Logan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
“They probably were. Our childish naiveté saved us.”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
Yet “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” got close to the truth by tapping into L.A.’s chaotic trifecta of of zealotry, naïveté and cynicism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Simplicity is a discipline, not naïveté: Buffett avoided complexity not because he lacked skill, but because he recognized its dangers.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
It’s as if the film wants to consider the climactic confrontation of good and evil in “The Return of the King” through the goofy naïveté of “Paddington.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
His naïveté and intellectual stubbornness also led Lilla to believe, as late as 2016, that the Bushes and the Clintons would continue to be the dynasts of their respective parties.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
In spite of her terrifying frankness and overwhelming naïveté, he really knew nothing about her and he was tired of living with an enigma.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
"There is no naivete on the part of the opposition delegation," the source said, adding that it "must take advantage of this window of opportunity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mr. Smith is an insightful filmmaker and “Bring Me the Beauties” is a stylishly constructed parable about naivete and spiritual emptiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
I am not sure if this is evidence of maintaining standards and principles in a world swiftly doing away with both, or of spectacular naivete, but I’m not ready to give up on it.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2026
What a perfectly concise symbol of rampant hyper-consumerism meeting our new-age, tech-fueled naivete, and all in service of the ardent belief that this material-obsessed lifestyle is the correct one.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
But McCandless, in his naivete, relied on the ad-vice of hunters he’d consulted in South Dakota, who advised him to smoke his meat, not an easy task under the circumstances.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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