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.
adjective. 1 (Of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement: the rather naive young man had been totally misled. More example sentences. 1  His chronic lack of judgement and naive approach to the complexities of the society lead inevitably to tragedy. In many ways, Joseph was naive naÃ¯ve and innocent in his. 2  Thinking she was terribly naive naÃ¯ve and Innocent and i suspected that she did not know what it could mean when her best friend just decided to leave a.  group outing