English dictionary
ingenuous
adjectivePronunciation
ɪnˈdʒɛn.ju.əs
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
adjective
- lacking in sophistication or worldliness
Example sentences
an ingenuous admission of responsibility
a child's innocent stare
his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it