American English pronunciation
How to pronounce naive
IPA transcription: [,naɪ'iv]
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Adjective
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marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
“a teenager's naive ignorance of life”
“the naive assumption that things can only get better”
“this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances”
Adjective
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not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
“it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes”
“he took part in the experiment as a naive subject”
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of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
“primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking”
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inexperienced
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lacking information or instruction
“lamentably unenlightened as to the laws”
Usage examples
- Further from the roads, however, the chimpanzees become progressively "naive".
- Metamodernism is said to be defined by "naivety", "pragmatic idealism" and "moderate fanaticism".
- A naive approach to anti-aliasing the line would take an extremely long time.
- Naive Lucy Entwhistle is swept into marriage by widower, Everard Wemyss.
- It uses a naive Bayes classifier to filter mail.
- She herself is naive, even childish, and not particularly intelligent.
- She is a naive teen whom Flash sets his sights on.
- Canteen Boy is a naive, childlike assistant scoutmaster with an acute attention to detail.