unsuspecting

Speech parts

1. unsuspecting - Adjective

2. unsuspecting - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

not suspicious

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

unsuspicious simple green unconscious innocent asleep inexperienced ignorant naive trusting unsophisticated gullible unwitting inattentive confiding
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Antonyms

foxy aware knowing careful conscious wanting
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Phrases with the word

be unsuspecting unsuspecting victim of a joke unsuspecting victim of a trick less unsuspecting

Examples

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. Frank Zappa

Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks. Bob Ney

Occasionally an unsuspecting innocent will stumble into a movie like this and send me an anguished postcard, asking how I could possibly give a favorable review to such trash. My stock response is Ebert's Law, which reads: A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it. Roger Ebert

A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there. Stephen Fry

It's the hip-hop thing to do among the urban youth who play unsuspecting whites like pianos. The youth simply walk up to a car they like, pull a gun, tell the family to get out, steal their jewelry and wallets, and take the car to wreck. Such actions have ballooned in recent months. Ron Paul

Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding. Edsger W. Dijkstra

Close letter words and terms

unsuspectedness unsuspectful unsuspectible unsuspecting victim of a joke unsuspecting victim of a trick unsuspectingly