naive.
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
Meaning & usage
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
Not having been exposed to something.
Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree French naïf French naïvebor. English naive Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.
A naive person; a greenhorn.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree French naïf French naïvebor. English naive Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.
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