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ingenuous
adjective
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
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ɪnˈdʒɛn.ju.əs
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adjective
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
“an ingenuous admission of responsibility”
adjective
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
“a child's innocent stare”
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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
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