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aw-shucks

adjective

ˈȯ-ˌshəks

Definition of aw-shucks

as in naive

lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment his persona may be that of an aw-shucks country singer, but offstage he is anything but

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Recent Examples of aw-shucks That amnesia helped make possible both Jimmy Carter’s aw-shucks presidency and the Reagan revolution. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 What makes the show defy expectations, though, is the aw-shucks personalities of the young British duo at its core, improbably named Richard Young and Sam Strange. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026 And because Bargatze is usually the butt of his own jokes, his mix of aw-shucks relatability and self-deprecation goes down nice and easy. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026 Cramer likened Kennedy to the TV attorney Ben Matlock, who also used an aw-shucks demeanor to disarm witnesses. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for aw-shucks

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Sutskever is portrayed as the idealistic, naive hero — the ingenious mind behind the lab’s entire existence who can’t stomach lying and is reluctant to accumulate any power.

— Hayden Field, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Rebecca and Verity, which stars Johnson, are also about a new, naïve lover entering the home of a bad man with a wife hidden in his house of horrors.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

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