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 adjective. C1 too âwilling to âbelieve that someone is âtelling the âtruth, that people's âintentions in âgeneral are good, or that âlife is âsimple and âfair. People are often naive because they are âyoung and/or have not had much âexperience of âlife: She was very naive to âbelieve that he'd âstay with her. They make the naive âassumption that because it's âpopular it must be good. It was a little naive of you to âthink that they would âlisten to âyour âsuggestions.