Main entry: naive, uninitiate, uninitiated
Definition: not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
Usage: it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes; he took part in the experiment as a naive subject
Main entry: unenlightened, uninstructed, naive
Definition: lacking information or instruction
Usage: lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
Main entry: naive
Definition: inexperienced
Definition: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
Usage: primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
Definition: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
Usage: a teenager's naive ignorance of life; the naive assumption that things can only get better; this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances