adjective
- lacking experience, wisdom, or judgment; showing a lack of informed awareness
- having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality
Examples
- She was naive to trust a stranger with her money.
- His naive belief that everyone tells the truth often got him into trouble.
- The painting had a naive charm that appealed to many viewers.
- It would be naive to think the problem will solve itself.
- Her naive questions revealed how little she knew about politics.
- The naive young artist painted with refreshing honesty.
- Don’t be so naive about people’s motives.