malformations may be caused by genetic factors or environmental insults or a combination of the. two that occur during prenatal development. Most common congenital malformations demonstrate. multifactorial inheritance with a threshold effect and are determined by a combination of genetic and. environmental factors.
Naivete is a lack of knowledge or sophistication. An example of a person's naivete is when she falls for an obvious trick or prank. naivete. The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical. An artless, credulous, or uncritical statement or act.
naive suggests lack of worldly wisdom often connoting credulousness and unchecked innocence. politically naive; unsophisticated implies a lack of experience and training necessary for social ease and adroitness. unsophisticated adolescents; artless suggests a naturalness resulting from unawareness of the effect one is producing on others