innocent, adj.
freq. cnt. 15
freq. cnt. 15
free from evil or guilt
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11
clean-handed guiltless innocent
sample sentences
"an innocent child""the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
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lacking intent or capacity to injure
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
innocent innocuous
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
ingenuous innocent
sample sentences
"a child's innocent stare""his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
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derivationally related form
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free from sin
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
impeccant innocent sinless
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(used of things) lacking sense or awareness
<adj.all>
innocent
sample sentences
"fine innocent weather"
completely wanting or lacking
<adj.all>
barren destitute devoid free innocent
sample sentences
"writing barren of insight""young recruits destitute of experience"
"innocent of literary merit"
"the sentence was devoid of meaning"
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not knowledgeable about something specified
<adj.all> (p) (p)
innocent unacquainted
sample sentences
"American tourists wholly innocent of French""a person unacquainted with our customs"
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