naive vs underhanded

naive

noun
  • A naive person; a greenhorn. 

adj
  • Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques. 

  • Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. 

  • Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem. 

  • Not having been exposed to something. 

underhanded

adv
  • In an underhanded manner. 

adj
  • Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below. 

  • Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating. 

  • Insincere; sarcastic. 

  • An underhanded compliment is actually criticism. 

  • Secret; surreptitious. 

  • His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified. 

  • Understaffed. 

noun
  • Devious people, collectively. 

How often have the words naive and underhanded occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )