1
as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
dewy-eyed newlyweds who had yet to experience the trials and tribulations of married life
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as in susceptible
readily taken advantage of
perpetrators of the fraud lured in dewy-eyed investors
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Recent Examples of dewy-eyed
Not the dewy-eyed woe-is-me sensitive type, this one.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dewy-eyed
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Their attempts at political discourse often veered toward the group speaking in vague, naïve universalisms.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
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At times on Saturday, Bremen were terribly naive, exhibiting all the fragility expected of a team built from inexperienced players.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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However, due to space constraints, not all instruments could fit inside the titanium vault, and the ones that couldn’t would be more susceptible to the inevitable degradation that would ensue from being exposed to this radiation-rich environment.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Unless more Democrats start being realistic, many more innocent people will unfortunately continue to suffer.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The bipartisan vote signals that the final passage will likely be easy to gain as the upper chamber looks to pass the defense bill this month.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps the easiest was an airplane flying overhead.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With just a few chairs, a handful of tables and a simple tent, the setting was intimate but filled with love and intention.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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And one of these, for those of us accustomed to British conventions but who follow the game in continental Europe, is the simple passage of time.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Since the election, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern – untried and inexperienced, but ready to step in if the Labour Party buckles under its own blunders, and the once-mighty Conservatives drift further into political irrelevance.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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His emergence has enabled a talented, inexperienced team find its early identity.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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This was a fascinating way to recontextualize many of the lyrics, with her wide-eyed view of the world now sounding like a cool reclamation of youth.—
William Earl,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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Chang recalls being a wide-eyed freshman who was new to football and hoped to use his soccer background to help the Bears as a kicker.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Teenagers, despite our best efforts to educate them in open-minded ways, are gullible and therefore vulnerable.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Dewy-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dewy-eyed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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