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Six example sentences with ingenuous, each labelled with its topic.
The narrator is so ingenuous that she repeats the swindler's promises to her aunt without once doubting a word.
Literature
The founder gave an ingenuous answer about her burn rate, naming the exact figure investors expected her to dodge.
Startups
The film's ingenuous farmhand hands his savings to a stranger who has already cheated everyone else in town.
Movies
An ingenuous tourist paid triple for the boat ride because the man at the dock said it was the regular price.
Travel
The ingenuous young candidate admitted on live television that she had not read the bill, and voters found it refreshing.
Politics
The ingenuous rookie told reporters exactly which play the team would run at the end, and the other coach was listening.
Basketball
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