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variants or naif

naïf

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noun

variants or naif

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for naïf
Adjective
  • Jane’s voice shifts from that of a naïve girl to that of a capable young woman as Laser traces her path out of the wilderness.
    AudioFile Magazine September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • His hesitation has been seen publicly as naïve and risky, eroding faith in the monarchy.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to Castro, nuns, who were supposed to be professional virgins—no Duke of Monmouth for them—could try bloodletting or enemas for a cure.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Shin Soon-ae died a virgin and believes her unfinished ghost business is to get laid.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Evidence of damage includes chewed, cut or missing leaves; yellowing or brown leaves; white webbing and green-black excrement on or around the plant, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The left and right side will alternate red and green signals, allowing one vehicle at a tie to merge onto the freeway.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Jesus in the Book of Matthew is depicted by limp infants that Gaudí modelled on casts of actual stillborn babies.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This lesson plan includes no discussion of how, in the name of socialism and equality, Cold War despots in Russia, Romania, Poland and other Eastern Bloc counties slaughtered innocents, seized property and sunk their countries into starvation-level poverty.
    Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But their pitchers exploited enough batters on an inexperienced team that is now two losses from 100 for the season, and the Padres held on for a 3-2 victory over the White Sox on Sunday.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Founders are often too eager to scale, or too inexperienced to evaluate talent, and the financial hit isn’t felt immediately.
    Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Tucson and Flagstaff are also seeing fledgling technology companies based around the defense and aerospace industries.
    Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • When Risher decided to leave the tech giant to join the fledgling online retailer, Gates himself sent an email and called him into his office.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.
    John Archibald, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
  • The indestructible Gill, still strolling the fairways of the magazine, was more than welcoming to a greenhorn.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • And the Nashville Chew Crew, a herd of sheep, has been working for the city’s parks department since 2017.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The study team made use of somatic cell nuclear transfer, a technique that was famously used to clone a sheep named Dolly in 1997.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Naïf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/na%C3%AFf. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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