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NAIVE

\na͡ɪˈiːv], \na‍ɪˈiːv], \n_aɪ_ˈiː_v]\

Definitions of NAIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Artless; frank; simple; as, naive manners.
Naively.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Naively.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Naively.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Having unaffected simplicity; artless; ingenuous.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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