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ingenuous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ingenuus (“of noble character, frank”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?n?d??n.ju.?s/

Adjective

ingenuous (comparative more ingenuous, superlative most ingenuous)

  1. Naive and trusting.
  2. Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 12
      "Do you mean to say you didn't leave your wife for another woman?"
      "Of course not."
      "On your word of honour?"
      I don't know why I asked for that. It was very ingenuous of me.
  3. Unsophisticated; clumsy or obvious.
  4. Unable to mask one's feelings.
  5. Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with ingenious.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:naive

Antonyms

  • disingenuous

Translations

Anagrams

  • unigenous

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unaffected

English

Adjective

unaffected (comparative more unaffected, superlative most unaffected)

  1. Not affected or changed.
    Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.
  2. Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.

Derived terms

  • unaffectedly
  • unaffectedness

Translations

Noun

unaffected (plural unaffecteds)

  1. Someone not affected, as by a disease.

Synonyms

  • nonaffected (less common)

Verb

unaffected

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unaffect

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