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Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

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  1. a. Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.
  2. adj. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
  3. adj. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
  4. adj. inexperienced
  5. adj. lacking information or instruction
  6. adj. not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
  7. Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naïve manners; a naïve person; naïve and unsophisticated remarks.
  8. Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless;frank; as, naïve manners; a naïve person; naïve and unsophisticatedremarks.
  9. j:100 a. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience s. inexperienced