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Definition innocent in American English

innocent noun

[countable] noun
/ˈɪnəs(ə)nt/
1

someone who has little experience of life and the bad things that people do so that they tend to trust people too much

Example

I was a complete innocent in the cutthroat world of high finance.

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Definition innocent in American English