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Adjective

Having a naive or unsuspecting nature

Easily fooled or deceived

Without artificiality or insincerity

Having no knowledge of a situation or fact

(of a person's state of mind) Foolish, silly or simple-minded

Overly simple, especially in terms of how an issue or problem deserves to be treated

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

(of a hope or belief) Foolishly optimistic

(of an action) Done without malice despite any undesirable results

Not realistic on a practical level

Lacking in social grace or refinement

Harmless or producing no ill effect

Lacking the competence or skills to do a job or task

Accommodating or permissive in nature

Not determined by reason

Unlikely to annoy or worry people

Innocent or naive person, often young, who may be easily deceived or manipulated

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Having a naive or unsuspecting nature

like a babe in the woods

thick as two short planks

not the full shilling

as thick as two short planks

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

dead from the neck up

readily swallowing whole

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“Despite her academic brilliance, she is naive and unworldly, and her choices are terrifying.”

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Easily fooled or deceived

easily taken advantage of

wax-like

readily taken advantage of

able to be influenced

defenceless^UK

falling hook line and sinker

defenseless^US

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“The scoundrel pretended to be a Nigerian prince and proceeded to fleece a few poor naive souls of their life savings.”

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Without artificiality or insincerity

saying what one thinks

meaning what one says

not afraid to call a spade a spade

straight from the shoulder

straight-from-the-shoulder

vocal

unadorned

unmistakable

laying it on the line

calling spade a spade

straight to the point

talking turkey

speaking as one finds

clear-cut

not beating about the bush

not beating around the bush

down-to-earth

calling a spade a spade

speaking straight from the shoulder

not pulling any punches

telling it like it is

no beating around the bush

brief and to the point

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

fair and square

head-on

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“There is evidence that science teachers give naive responses to direct questions about the nature of science.”

Adjective

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Having no knowledge of a situation or fact

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Adjective

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(of a person's state of mind) Foolish, silly or simple-minded

thick as two short planks

not the full shilling

as thick as two short planks

dead from the neck up

not the sharpest tool in the box

not the sharpest tool in the shed

weak

vacant

not the sharpest knife in the drawer

dumb as a box of rocks

dumb as a bag of hammers

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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Adjective

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Overly simple, especially in terms of how an issue or problem deserves to be treated

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Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

dead from the neck up

Boeotian

extremely foolish

off beam

stupidly irresponsible

with a mind like a sieve

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Adjective

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(of a hope or belief) Foolishly optimistic

Adjective

(of an action) Done without malice despite any undesirable results

Adjective

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Not realistic on a practical level

idealized^US

idealised^UK

out of touch with reality

with your head in the clouds

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Lacking in social grace or refinement

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

lacking in social graces

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

lacking in social grace

ill-humored^US

like a bull in a china shop

ham-handed

cack-handed

all thumbs

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Harmless or producing no ill effect

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Adjective

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Lacking the competence or skills to do a job or task

leaving much to be desired

not up to it

unequal to the task

out of your depth

not know one's arse from one's elbow

unable to do something for toffee

flakey^US

flaky^UK

meagre^UK

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

meager^US

untrained for

unable to do something

all fingers and thumbs

unable to do something to save one's life

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

like a bull in a china shop

having two left hands

labouring^UK

laboring^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

accident-prone

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Accommodating or permissive in nature

humouring^UK

humoring^US

favourable^UK

favorable^US

easily taken advantage of

readily taken advantage of

like putty in your hands

favoring^US

favouring^UK

defenceless^UK

glad to be of assistance

impassive

philosophic

with the patience of Job

defenseless^US

able to be influenced

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Adjective

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Not determined by reason

Adjective

Unlikely to annoy or worry people

Noun

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Innocent or naive person, often young, who may be easily deceived or manipulated

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