Pete Daoust
naive or naïve (n-v, n”-) also na—if or naïf (n-f, n”-) adj. 1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially: a. Simple and guileless; artless: a child with a naive charm. b. Unsuspecting or credulous: "Students, often bright but naive, betand losesubstantial sums of money on sporting events" (Tim Layden). 2. Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment: "this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast" (H.L. Mencken). 3. a. Not previously subjected to experiments: testing naive mice. b. Not having previously taken or received a particular drug: persons naive to marijuana. n. One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.
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