| query | If someone is i_______, they have no experience or knowledge of the more complex or unpleasant aspects of life.If someone is innocent, they have no experience or knowledge of the more complex or unpleasant aspects of life. They seemed so young and innocent. He's curiously innocent about what this means to other people. Ian was a hopeless innocent where women were concerned. The baby gurgled innocently on the bed. |
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| word | innocent |
| full-definition | adjective If someone is innocent, they did not commit a crime which they have been accused of. He was sure that the man was innocent of any crime. The police knew from day one that I was innocent. If someone is innocent, they have no experience or knowledge of the more complex or unpleasant aspects of life. They seemed so young and innocent. He's curiously innocent about what this means to other people. Ian was a hopeless innocent where women were concerned. The baby gurgled innocently on the bed. Innocent people are those who are not involved in a crime or conflict, but are injured or killed as a result of it. All those wounded were innocent victims. The war was killing innocent women and children. An innocent question, remark, or comment is not intended to offend or upset people, even if it does so. It was a perfectly innocent question. |
| inflections | innocentsinnocently |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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