| adjective | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience “a teenager's naive ignorance of life” |
| adjective | of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style “primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking” |
| adjective | inexperienced |
| adjective | lacking information or instruction “lamentably unenlightened as to the laws” |
| adjective | not initiated; deficient in relevant experience “it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes” |
| naiveness | noun | lack of sophistication or worldliness |
| uninitiate | noun | people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity |