naive
Collocations
5(adj.)
VERBS
appear, be, prove, seem, sound
regard sth as
Many people regarded his plan to start a business without any research as naive.
ADV
extremely, incredibly, very | a bit, fairly, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat | politically
Definitions
adj
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
Whether by design or driven by the force of circumstances, they have always directed their main effort toward gaining the support of this "elite," while the more conservative groups have acted, as regularly but unsuccessfully, on a more naive view of mass democracy and have usually vainly tried directly to reach and to persuade the individual voter.
I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive
Not having been exposed to something.
Animals entering shelters are either (a) immunologically naïve and susceptible to infection and development of disease if exposed to pathogens; (b) already immune […]
Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
By 1921 when Miró painted his key work, naive painting had been recognized by the avantgarde art world as a genre in its own right.
Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
We have experiments of running our matching algorithm and a naive matching algorithm for such a term tree and a tree, and have compared the performance of the two algorithms.
noun
A naive person; a greenhorn.
As a seasoned woman—of nineteen—I felt it was my place to tell each of these naïves that such plans were easier made than followed.
In other words, they'd buy securities from these naives for 55 and sell them similar securities for 65. In plain English, they'd pay $550 per $1,000 bond and turn right around and sell them similar stuff for $650.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — not initiated
- uninitiate
- uninitiated
adjective — lacking information or instruction
- uninstructed
- unenlightened
adjective — of or created by one without formal training
adjective — marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Whether by design or driven by the force of circumstances, they have always directed their main effort toward gaining the support of this "elite," while the more conservative groups have acted, as reg
WiktionaryI am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive
WiktionaryThe salarians believed the genophage would be used as a deterrent, a position the turians viewed as naive. Once the project was complete, the turians mass produced and deployed it. The krogan homeworl
WiktionaryAs a seasoned woman—of nineteen—I felt it was my place to tell each of these naïves that such plans were easier made than followed.
WiktionaryIn other words, they'd buy securities from these naives for 55 and sell them similar securities for 65. In plain English, they'd pay $550 per $1,000 bond and turn right around and sell them similar st
WiktionaryYou must be very naive to be taken in by such a story.
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