Innocent
Innocent adjective - Not informed about or aware of something.
Usage example: a woman who seems entirely innocent of good manners and common courtesy
Knowledgeable
Knowledgeable adjective - Having information especially as a result of study or experience.
Innocent is an antonym for knowledgeable.
Nearby Word: knowledge
Both words in one sentence
- This can also be Played for Drama when an innocent or naive character fails to use a burner, after which a more knowledgeable character snatches the phone away from his ear and hurriedly tosses it out the nearest window.
Source: Burner Phones -
There is some argument though that this wasn't an innocent usage, as Wolfsheim is something of an anti-Semitic caricature, the Nazi movement had already adopted it as their symbol by the time the novel was written, and Fitzgerald was fairly knowledgeable of white supremacist movements.
Source: Non-Nazi Swastika
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