UNSUSPECTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsuspecting mean? 

• UNSUSPECTING (adjective)
  The adjective UNSUSPECTING has 2 senses:

1. not suspicious

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

  Familiarity information: UNSUSPECTING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSUSPECTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not suspicious

Synonyms:

unsuspecting; unsuspicious

Context example:

deceiving the unsuspecting public

Similar:

trustful; trusting (inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Context example:

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

Similar:

incognizant; unaware ((often followed by 'of') not aware)

 Context examples 

The researchers said identifying the gene is important because it helps to clarify the genetic mechanisms underlying ARVC, and it also makes the early detection of ARVC possible in otherwise unsuspecting people.

(Gene Causes Sudden Death in Young People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

High and bluff the English cog; long, black and swift the pirate galleys, like two fierce lean wolves which have seen a lordly and unsuspecting stag walk past their forest lair.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were ordinary, unsuspecting dogs.

(White Fang, by Jack London)