doe-eyed

doe-eyed
doe-eyed [dō′īd΄]
adj.
1. having large, soft, limpid eyes
2. naive; guileless; childlike

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doe-eyed (dōʹīd') adj.
1. Having wide-open, innocent-appearing eyes:

doe-eyed children gazing at the shelves of candy.

2. Credulous and unsophisticated; naive: “Many doe-eyed investors go bankrupt within a year, sometimes by expanding too fast, sometimes because of pure ignorance” (Scott Baldauf).

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