ingenuous
adjective
ingenuousness
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a word derived from
ingenuous.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps my cynicism about Mr. Witkoff’s curious mix of ingenuousness and rapacity is unfair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
As the Dreamer, Lucas Steele has a sweet voice and Disney-prince ingenuousness with a self-referential wink.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
“If you look at our shantytowns, there’s an ingenuousness in the way people make do with cardboard, with scraps of metal. There’s color to it. There’s life.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2019
It is hard, given Colbert’s history, to believe the ingenuousness of such disingenuousness.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2015
The sophistry and lack of ingenuousness which make it possible to present such an argument with a straight face can scarcely be characterized in parliamentary language.
From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.
