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naive or naïve also naif or naïf

adjective
  1. Free from guile, cunning, or deceit: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, natural, simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly. See honest
  2. Easily imposed on or tricked: credulous, dupable, easy, exploitable, gullible, susceptible. See wise
noun
A guileless, unsophisticated person: babe, child, ingénue, innocent. Idiom: babe in the woods. See knowledge

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