All 5 Uses
naive
in
Unwind, by Shusterman
(Edited)
- She blames herself for not seeing through Lev's sham. How could she have been so naive to think he was truly on their side?
p. 85.2naive = too trusting
- The kid's just ordinary after all, just a little more naive than the other kids who show up here trying to hock their baseball card collections or whatever.
p. 158.3naive = lacking in experience and sophistication
- Maybe this kid isn't as naive as he looks.
p. 160.2 *
- I'm not that same stupid, naive kid you guys kidnapped two months ago.
p. 237.8
- "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."
p. 238.2naive = lacking the understanding that comes from experience
Definitions:
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(1)
(naive) lacking experience or sophistication, and the understanding that comes from them -- often too trusting or optimistic
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)