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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. John Sampson:

    It is these one-sided immigration marriage fraud schemes that cause the most damage to unsuspecting U.S. citizens and their families, they are abused emotionally, financially, psychologically and, often times, physically. And no one seems to be interested in stopping this heinous crime.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Steven Stamkos:

    Obviously, he’s mad about you know the borderline hit there, but there’s different ways to go about it, you can grab a guy and then punch him in the face. But it’s just an unsuspecting guy, it’s a sucker punch.

  5. The SEC:

    The shares were later dumped on the unsuspecting public after the stock price soared following fraudulent promotional campaigns.

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