Definition of "naïf"
naïf
/nɑːˈiːf/
adjective
comparative more naïf, superlative most naïf
Quotations
Doenitz was naïf to assume that England would have stood idly by while Germany built up her U-boat force to four figures; but it was true enough that the German Navy was unprepared for a submarine war.
1947, S.E. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Little, Brown, & Company, page 5
noun
plural naïfs