Definition of Ingénue

an unsophisticated young woman or girl; a naïve female

Examples of Ingénue in a sentence

Because the ingénue was incredibly naïve, she believed she would become a movie star as soon as she arrived in Hollywood.  🔊

Whose bad idea was it to let an aging actress play the role of an ingénue with no life experience?  🔊

The ingénue was easily deceived by the conning playboy.  🔊

The ingénue paid a bogus company to record her album.  🔊

The actress had multiple facelifts when she realized she looked too old and sophisticated to play the role of an ingénue.  🔊

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