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lacking experience or sophistication, and the understanding that comes from them — often too trusting or optimistic

Corinthians was naive, but she was not a complete fool.
Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon

I was fourteen and had never made less than an A. I was smart, but I was as naive as they come.
Kathryn Stockett -- The Help
From the day he saw with his own eyes what the British had done at Lexington and Concord, Adams failed to understand how anyone could have any misconception or naïve hope about what to expect from the British.
David McCullough -- John Adams
Before the genocide, I probably was naive in terms of believing people, trusting people.
Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
You know, you're such a pure and naive young man that I almost feel sorry for you.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
"You are shockingly naive, prince," said Lebedeff's nephew in mocking tones.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
You gentlemen here, forgive me, but you are just a bunch of naive dreamers.
Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
As for Frank Zhang, he has a good heart, but he's hopelessly naïve and inexperienced.
Rick Riordan -- The Son of Neptune
"Then you don't think I was foolish?" he asked becoming again the naive and sweet-tempered boy for whom Nature intended him.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
Perhaps naively, she had imagined that they would be a couple forever.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Bend in the Road
Short and curvy, she was also incredibly naive, which was alternately annoying and endearing.
Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key
Is there anyone here so naive he believes the Harkonnens have quietly packed up and walked away from all this merely because the Emperor ordered it?
Frank Herbert -- Dune
He called us naive firebrands, adding that we would mellow with age.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
"That's the very thing I had been thinking myself!" he naively said.
Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
Too many adults are naive or close-minded about what their children are going through.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
For heaven's sake, can't you stop being so naive about it?
Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
It was a naive and sentimental time, and men spoke in windy phrases.
Michael Shaara -- The Killer Angels
Maybe this kid isn't as naive as he looks.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind

naive = lacking in experience or sophistication

"You're wrong about one thing," she says before he's out the door. "You're just as naive as you were before. And maybe twice as stupid."
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind

naive = lacking experience or sophistication, and the understanding that comes from them

I'm not that same stupid, naive kid you guys kidnapped two months ago.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind

naive = lacking in experience or sophistication

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