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