Sekirov Dictionary

naive

/naɪˈiːv/

adjective 5
noun 1
forms 10

adjective5

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trusting too easily because of knowing little about how the world works
- I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive — 1965
•
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 […] — 2011
(rare) Feminine of naïf.
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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. — 2006
•
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. — 2007

noun1

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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. — 2010

forms

naives · naïves · more naive · more naïve · naiver · naïver · most naive · most naïve · naivest · naïvest

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