ingenuousadjective
uk/ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/us/ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/formalhonest, sincere, and trusting, sometimes in a way that seems silly:
It has to be said it was rather ingenuous of him to ask a complete stranger to take care of his luggage.
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Naive & trusting
- an easy touch idiom
- be easy game/meat idiom
- be easy prey idiom
- be wet behind the ears idiom
- butter
- dewy-eyed
- easy
- idealist
- impressionable
- jejune
- prey
- pushover
- see things in black and white idiom
- simple
- soft touch
- sucker
- unsophisticated
- unsuspecting
- wet
- wide-eyed
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ingenuously
adverb uk/ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs.li/us/ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs.li/