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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unsuspecting, unsuspiciousadjective

    not suspicious

    "deceiving the unsuspecting public"

  2. unsuspectingadjective

    (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely

    "an unsuspecting victim"; "unsuspecting (or unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader"

Wiktionary

  1. unsuspectingadjective

    Of or pertaining to lack of suspicion.

    He easily shot the unsuspecting target

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unsuspectingadjective

    Not imagining that any ill is designed.

    When Albion sends her eager sons to war,
    Pleas’d, in the gen’ral’s sight, the host lie down
    Sudden, before some unsuspecting town;
    The captive race, one instant makes our prize,
    And high in air Britannia’s standard flies. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. unsuspecting

    Unsuspecting generally refers to being unaware of something potentially harmful or dangerous that might happen or is already present. It is the state of not suspecting or expecting anything deceptive, harmful, wrong or out of the ordinary.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unsuspecting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unsuspecting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of unsuspecting in a Sentence

  1. Scott Gottlieb:

    When a consumer goes online to buy medicines purportedly from Canada, they may get a medicine sourced from elsewhere that could be counterfeit, expired or misbranded. While operations or illegal online pharmacies may state on their websites that its medicines are coming from Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, etc., this is not necessarily always the case, such operations and illegal online pharmacies take advantage of unsuspecting Americans by purporting to distribute safe and effective imported drugs, at least some of which are instead expired, mislabeled, subject to recalls or potentially counterfeit and that are provided outside of the closed American distribution system meant to protect patient safety.

  2. Bob Menendez:

    Gun silencers are dangerous devices with one purpose and one purpose only – to muffle the sound of gunfire from unsuspecting victims, the sound of gunshots is what signals you to run, hide, take cover, call the police and help others save themselves; however, this is nearly impossible when a gun silencer is used.

  3. James Rauh:

    This is a national emergency. America’s young adults — thousands of unsuspecting Americans — are being poisoned, it is widely known that illicit fentanyl is driving the massive spike in drug-related deaths. A new approach to this catastrophe is needed.

  4. Orange County California:

    These dealers are essentially handing a loaded gun to unsuspecting victims knowing that they will probably die and they don't care.

  5. Northern Kentucky:

    Encouraging the spread of an acute infectious disease in a community demonstrates a callous disregard for the health and safety of friends, family, neighbors, and unsuspecting members of the general public, a person who has contracted chickenpox can be infectious for up to 2 days before experiencing the rash that is associated with the virus.

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