Dictionary Check: naive

"naive" is a valid word!

Scrabble 8 points
Words with Friends 10 points

Definition

adjective

marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

Example: "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"
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adjective

of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

Example: "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
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adjective

inexperienced

adjective

lacking information or instruction

Example: "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"
adjective

not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

Example: "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"

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