Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not suspicious; trusting.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not suspecting; unsuspicious; not imagining that any ill is designed.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not suspicious
- adj. (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely
Examples
“Merchandise to be distributed in unsuspecting communities, for the purpose of breeding death and desolation.”
“It was that availability that led Ball to call an unsuspecting Rustamova into his office in January 2008, formally suspend her and have her escorted from the building.”
The Guardian: Leonora Rustamova: I taught my pupils to enjoy books – and got fired
“He and his two sons ran away from the click of a gun from the inside of a cabin when they were calling unsuspecting men and boys to the door and, finding them unarmed, hacking them to pieces with cleavers -- in order not to raise an alarm in that bloody night on the Pottawattomie.”
With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
“When they reached the neighbor's gate they halted and called the unsuspecting man out of his home.”
“One of his favorite tactics is calling unsuspecting employees at a target company, indentifying CTC as a "research firm" -- which it is -- and then asking all kinds of juicy questions.”
“Unfortunately, most incidents go unknown as the unsuspecting public continues to buy counterfeits unbeknownst to them.”
“How does it feel to have created a tool that makes it easy for drug dealers and prostitutes to connect with customers … or for salesmen to cold-call unsuspecting Americans while they are eating dinner?”
“Any schoolteacher who is 'unsuspecting' is clearly in the wrong job, or needs a great deal of retraining.”
“Mr McKenna claims that he was simply one of the many 'unsuspecting' students duped by this Mr Kirk.”
“Tiger Woods 'affair may have more staying power, but the ESPN analyst who abused his power all over one "unsuspecting" intern has found his way back on camera and into the hearts of scumbags who got caught nailing unattractive production assistants everywhere.”
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