On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Naïve. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as credulous or unworldly and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Naïve meaning
- Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- Not having been exposed to something.
- Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
Synonyms of Naïve
Using Naïve
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. | Not having been exposed to something. | Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
- Useful related words include: credulous, unworldly, uninformed, ingenuous.
- In the example corpus, naïve often appears in combinations such as: be naïve, naïve to, naïve about.
Context around Naïve
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Naïve
- In this selection, "naïve" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stay, says, naive, art, kapur and set stand out and add context to how "naïve" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little naïve in trusting and a super naïve 24 year. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "naïve" sits close to words such as airbus, angelo and damian, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with naïve
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In retrospect, it does look rather naïve. (7 words)
Luckily for me I was just a super naïve 24-year-old. (12 words)
The beast who will no longer be naïve enough to be kind, has been unleashed. (15 words)
Call me naïve if you will but I honestly believe if we all applied this simple principle to our affairs the world would be in a far better place than it is now and maybe the hands of the Doomsday Clock could be moved back for at least a day. (50 words)
Many users (and various dictionaries) consider the diaeresis optional in naive/naïve (because not necessary for the reader to recognize the word), and *na-ive draws attention to itself as a style that is simply never used (although comprehensible). (39 words)
Instead, after one more time jump, we find Barry’s son sneaking to a friend’s house to watch the movie, which portrays Barry as a naïve victim, manipulated by Gene, a sneering criminal mastermind. (35 words)
Now, your Eyewitness isn’t so naïve as to believe the US doesn’t do what it has to do to protect what it considers to be its interests! (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
I hope they stay naïve because great creativity is about being innocent and naïve,” Kapur added.
Concerning the origin of the term naive set theory, Jeff Miller says, "Naïve set theory (contrasting with axiomatic set theory) was used occasionally in the 1940s and became an established term in the 1950s.
Croatian Museum of Naïve Art (works by Croatian primitivists at 3 Ćirilometodska Street) is one of the first museums of naïve art in the world.
Many users (and various dictionaries) consider the diaeresis optional in naive/naïve (because not necessary for the reader to recognize the word), and *na-ive draws attention to itself as a style that is simply never used (although comprehensible).
As Americans, we cannot be naïve about any of this, seeing how it’s our lives that will be destroyed were Russia to send nuclear missiles our way.
But as graphic artist Steven Heller comments: “For every naïve rock-and-roller who thinks the swastika can be used with irony, there is a fervent neo-Nazi who uses it with malice.
But I admit I have been a little naïve in trusting Isabel Oakeshott with 100,000 of my Whats Apps while working together on the Pandemic Diaries.
But to claim you don’t understand how the word could be offensive to others is extremely naïve.
Call me naïve if you will but I honestly believe if we all applied this simple principle to our affairs the world would be in a far better place than it is now and maybe the hands of the Doomsday Clock could be moved back for at least a day.
I had some very initial naïve attempts at re-creating people, and I was failing for years.
In retrospect, it does look rather naïve.
Instead, after one more time jump, we find Barry’s son sneaking to a friend’s house to watch the movie, which portrays Barry as a naïve victim, manipulated by Gene, a sneering criminal mastermind.
I't sounds like what happened with this individual is that they were using more and more and more that would kill someone who is opioid naïve.
Luckily for me I was just a super naïve 24-year-old.
Mathe said it was naïve to think that “muti related murders — for the purpose of healing — does not have other agendas”.
Now, your Eyewitness isn’t so naïve as to believe the US doesn’t do what it has to do to protect what it considers to be its interests!
Some analysts say young voters are under the naïve impression Milei will be able to seamlessly turn around Argentina’s troubles.
Teachers caution students constantly against taking what they read at face value, since some of these sites may be propaganda mills or recruiting grounds for the naïve and unwary.
The beast who will no longer be naïve enough to be kind, has been unleashed.
The book follows her spirited journey to fulfillment as she is reinvigorated with the naïve enthusiasm and flexible mindset of a 20-year-old on their first internship.
Common combinations with naïve
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- be naïve 6×
- naïve to 6×
- naïve about 5×
- the naïve 5×
- is naïve 4×
- and naïve 3×
- naïve and 3×
- naïve because 2×
- of naïve 2×
- naïve art 2×