OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 22388

naive

/naɪˈiv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caído de la cama • caído de la esfera • caído de la hamaca • caído de la mata • caído del catre • caído del níspero • caído del palto • caído del zarzo • crédulo • cándido • incauto • ingenuo • naif • naíf • otario • panoli
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive
Whether by design or driven by the force of circumstances, they have always directed their main effort toward gaining the support of this "elite," while the more conservative group…
naif • naíf
Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
By 1921 when Miró painted his key work, naive painting had been recognized by the avantgarde art world as a genre in its own right.
📚 noun • entry_id 22389

naive

/naɪˈiv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fesa
A naive person; a greenhorn.
As a seasoned woman—of nineteen—I felt it was my place to tell each of these naïves that such plans were easier made than followed.
In other words, they'd buy securities from these naives for 55 and sell them similar securities for 65. In plain English, they'd pay $550 per $1,000 bond and turn right around and…
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