Knowing
Knowing adjective - Having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment.
Usage example: knowing movie producers do not invest their own money in their risky ventures
Naive
Naive adjective - Lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment.
Usage example: a first-time buyer who was so naive that he believed the salesman's spiel and paid good money for the rusty and broken-down car
Both words in one sentence
- Naive Ernest, not knowing what's in store for him, is heard off-camera screaming.
Source: Deleted Scene - Faux Affably Evil: Gaal abuses this trope in front of True Danzinger, knowing all too well she's a slightly naive 10 year old girl who doesn't always get along with her father and other team members.
Source: Series / Earth 2 - God is not all-knowing and all-loving, but flawed, naive and sometimes even selfish.
Source: Theatre / Children Of Eden
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