naiveté

Example Sentences

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“Dance No More” has a few squawky synths that hint at an appealingly analog ’80s feel, but everything is rendered so immaculately that any sense of naiveté is quickly snuffed out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“The regime’s naiveté was to believe missile programs could make up for the lack of a capable air force,” said Saeid Golkar, an Iran expert at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Call it naiveté or just plain stupidity, but I showed up to my first day of class overconfident.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

The way it has played out suggests either naiveté, or a cavalier disregard for the young people this law was intended to help.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

“They probably were. Our childish naiveté saved us.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia