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Meanings of naive in English

Portuguese
cândido
Catalan
càndid

Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.

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      cândido

      Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.

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            Lacking information or instruction.

                  Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style.

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                        Usage of naive in English
                        1
                        China: Strange and wonderful things can happen to naive Westerners in China.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        The Wall testified to a time when simple, naive rules gave way.
                        Existence
                        3
                        He also insisted: France is not naive when it comes to Iran.
                        The Guardian
                        4
                        Critics say he was naive about obstacles such as Israeli settlement building.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        His conception of the naive tales and beliefs was in itself naive.
                        Rashi
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                        I was naive and a young boy at the time, Lampard said.
                        The Guardian
                        7
                        Maybe I'm naive, but I don't see how I can really continue.
                        The Guardian
                        8
                        But I knew Ahenobarbus was not naive; he just wanted me gone.
                        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                        9
                        Results: Forty-six patients were identified for analysis, all of whom were chemotherapy-naive.
                        Pubmed
                        10
                        Massey University professor and political commentator Claire Robinson said he was naive.
                        Radio NZ
                        11
                        It is also not a naive approach solely based on bombing forward.
                        The South African
                        12
                        Perhaps one day those naive, first-generation envoys sensed a new entity arrive.
                        Existence
                        13
                        All participants were drug-naive ADHD children treated with OROS-MPH for 12 weeks.
                        Pubmed
                        14
                        Only the naive, however, did not recognise that the respite was temporary.
                        The Guardian
                        15
                        Conclusions: Entecavir therapy showed excellent efficacy in nucleoside-naive chronic hepatitis B patients.
                        Pubmed
                        16
                        My family and friends tell me sometimes that I am hopelessly naive.
                        The Complete Rama Omnibus
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                        Translations for naive
                        Portuguese
                        cândido
                        Catalan
                        càndid
                        Naive through the time
                        Naive across language varieties
                        Ireland
                        Common
                        Australia
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common
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