Definitions
not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
Word origin
Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.
Used in a sentence
“I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive”
“Animals entering shelters are either (a) immunologically naïve and susceptible to infection and development of disease if exposed to pathogens; (b) already immune […]”
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Innocent or inexperienced”5 letters
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