Naivety refers to a lack of experience, wisdom, or awareness about the world, making someone easily fooled or unaware of potential dangers or complexities. It describes a person who is innocent or overly trusting, often resulting in them making mistakes or being taken advantage of.
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There's a distinct vulnerability to Pauline Collins» demeanour, and a blissful sense of
naivety in the early stages that makes for an endearing character.
Funnily enough that's exactly the kind of
tactical naivety that got us spanked by liverpool and chelsea last season, and had the fans calling for the manager's head.
The level of
naivety about the impacts of his company that Zuckerberg has publicly maintained has gone from ridiculous to dangerous.
In the former competition there were various reasons for failure — from
naivety at Arsenal and lack of quality at Liverpool, to cynicism at Chelsea and a slide in form at Manchester City.
[just wanted David to know my positions do not come
from naivety or reactionary ideas]
This results in us being relatively easy to defend against and exposes us to counter attacks since we over commit in
naivety as Wenger calls it, and then get beaten by Mertesackers lack of pace.
With a category that is mostly named based on WHO is directing, I don't really feel comfortable giving him credit for establishing roots in yet another variety through sheer
naivety on the subject matter.
For me, Moyes and Van Gaal showed a certain amount of
naivety when dealing with the Chicharito situation.
Before long you'll have that perfect combination of
youthful naivety and jaded cynicism that makes for a great sports writer, and Slytherin, I mean Liberty Ballers, will help you get there.
Not naivety at all, it's direct result of wenger's failure in getting a proper CB in the summer.
for how long are we going to do this.the whole team is out of form.I feel pity for the fans who pay alot of money to just watch mediocrity.who should we blame the fans not being loud enough, tactical
naivety by arsene, players not turning up??
Though a league double over champions Leicester City was achieved, it was a simple lack of consistency, with occasional displays of
defensive naivety, which caused the Gunners» eventual failure to win a first title since 2004.
Two Thousand Seasons is a celebratory fable of Africa's pristine goodness; but deprecatory flak at its wayward children,
whose naivety allowed first Arab, and later, European colonialism; complete with the stream of consciousness narrative technique.
This is pure
naivety because the National Security Agency, Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Homeland Security have infinite resources to track each individual's online transactions.
That's just
sheer naivety, and that's not the kind of proof you're looking for, aye?
Rodgers is a honourable man and a very good manager - he almost etched his name into Liverpool folklore but his inexperience and
naivety cost him when it mattered most.
Things get a bit tricky when they turn another human into a vampire and take him in, Nick (Gonzalez - Macuer, Eagle vs. Shark), whose
naivety leads to loose lips and a tricky, dangerous situation for them all.
Sexual abuse thrived in the Anglican Church due to
clerical naivety about exploitation risks and an «excessive... More
«Jumbo squares look more modern, less schoolgirl, while even candyfloss checks
avoid naivety when cast across spring's slickest shapes.»
I also, with
childish naivety, took it to mean that Wart would be the villain for «Super Mario Bros. 4.»
Such naivety coupled with the understanding and mature sugar daddies are potentially the glue that makes these relationships thrive.
Fontaine could play a saucer -
eyed naivety and clumsy vulnerability, which is often how Hitchcock would cast her, but she also had humour and wit.
A successful entrepreneur reflects on
how naivety kept him going forward although things were really rough.
Business cards is an area where many SMEs and freelancers are missing a trick,
through naivety and lack of effort.
Third statement: A major need within the church today, for ourselves, and those we teach and those we talk to is (and the sentence contains some semi-technical language that can sound jargony, but it's illuminating, so stay with me): to help people move from pre-critical naivete, through critical thinking, to
post-critical naivety.
He said: «The UN treaty, I think is extremely well -
meaning naivety on extremely high stilts and it will not contribute to international safety... let alone persuade any rogue state or terrorist organisation to come to the negotiating table tomorrow afternoon.»
All the same, its video handling abilities, limit to iOS support, and the
relative naivety of HomeKit all take their toll.
Wenger I think says that basically all refs have a
certain naivety with this one down to the rule of zero tolerance on retaliation, which is the rule Cost plays to provoke..
The lack of creativity and
general naivety from the manager is part of the reason for the poor form and fans want a change.
There's an element of
political naivety and delusion; it shows disconnect from the general public.
But we should stop affecting naivety
Social Democrats were the frustrated types that left the Labour party as it had become increasingly obvious that the alternative economic model could not work, while the Labour party ploughed on ever
into naivety and self - denial.
But few contracts have been signed, and even those that have betray a
commercial naivety that, Smirnov admits, he has had trouble coming to terms with.
Mackay's
naivety perhaps isn't particularly convincing, but in a way that makes his creeping transformation into another cog in the political machine all the more persuasive.
Bobby's
naivety takes a beating as he assumes a gofer job under his Uncle Phil (Steve Carell), a power broker agent to the stars.
If Killer Joe was a romcom, this would spell trouble — it'd probably be followed by a shot of Matthew McConaughey falling for her
childlike naivety.
Perfectly balancing her age with burgeoning sexuality, her
cute naivety and educated innocence make for a winning match.
Their defensive
naivety came to the fore once again against Manchester United, with Arsenal's problems symbolised by the late miss from Angel Di Maria who was clear through on goal from inside his own half with no defenders to be seen in front of him.