Ingenuous Used in a Sentence?

1, He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter. 2, Only the most ingenuous person would believe such a weak excuse! 3, She is too ingenuous in believing what others say. 4, It is ingenuous to suppose that money did not play a part in his decision.

What is an example of ingenuous?

An example of ingenuous is a person who tells the truth. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; innocent or naive. I'm not so ingenuous as to believe everything he says. Naive and trusting.

What does ingenuous mean in a sentence?

1a : showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness her ingenuous thirst for experience— Christopher Rawson. b : lacking craft or subtlety ingenuous in their brutality. 2 obsolete : noble, honorable. ingenuous. adjective (2)