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(satellite adjective) lacking sophistication |
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Synonyms: unsophisticated |
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| 2. |
(adjective) marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" |
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Synonyms: naif |
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Antonyms: sophisticated |
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| 3. |
(satellite adjective) lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen" |
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Synonyms: callow, inexperienced, unsophisticated |
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