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ingenuous

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eginnosuuStarts with IEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin ingenuus (“of noble character, frank”). Doublet of ingenu.

Used in a sentence

  • "Do you mean to say you didn't leave your wife for another woman?" "Of course not." "On your word of honour?" I don't know why I asked for that. It was very ingenuous of me.
  • […] Semitic agitation by stating 'the truth' in terms of facts and figures, the practice of self-criticism represented a well-intended but ingenuous effort to defend Jewry against anti-Semitism.
  • There was nothing more I dared say. My ingenuous attempts to lie my way out of trouble had only served to get me in deeper and deeper.

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