naive

• so naive

  My mum is so naive

• naive prober

• naive enough

  The terms were staggering to anyone naive enough to think football was only a game.

• very naive

  ‘Basically, I was very naive.

• naive to think

  But he warned: ‘It would be naive to think the Provisional IRA are not planning a major attack on the British mainland.’

• naive inductivist account

  The naive inductivist account of science does have some apparent merits.

• too naive

  It's almost too naive to ask!

• naive belief

  Any alternative view, it seemed, would imply a fatal lapse into Whiggism and a naive belief in progress.

• naive young

  His voice suddenly stern, Tim goes on: ‘They weren't two naive young women joy-riding round the world.

• little naive

  We were a little naive at times.’

• politically naive

  He was politically naive too.

• equally naive

  Johnstone's naively gifted style was in many respects complemented by an equally naive honesty with the press and public.