UNSUSPICIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsuspicious mean? 

• UNSUSPICIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective UNSUSPICIOUS has 1 sense:

1. not suspicious

  Familiarity information: UNSUSPICIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSUSPICIOUS (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)

 Context examples 

Mary had no feelings to make her respect her sister's in a common way, but she was perfectly unsuspicious of being inflicting any peculiar wound.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He had, in fact, been wholly unsuspicious of his own influence.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

For, innocent and unsuspicious as she was, she could not help understanding the gossip of her friends.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He declared himself to be totally unsuspicious of her sister's attachment; and she could not help remembering what Charlotte's opinion had always been.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“I am glad you gave him something considerable,” said Lady Bertram, with most unsuspicious calmness, “for I gave him only 10 pounds.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

But Mrs. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets, that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness, and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Her parents, seeing nothing in her ill looks and agitation but the natural consequence of mortified feelings, and of the unusual exertion and fatigue of such a journey, parted from her without any doubt of their being soon slept away; and though, when they all met the next morning, her recovery was not equal to their hopes, they were still perfectly unsuspicious of there being any deeper evil.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Chester fancied beforehand that it would be easy to deliver this little speech, but when the time came, she found it rather difficult to utter it naturally, with Amy's unsuspicious eyes looking straight at her full of surprise and trouble.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I will not say, replied Fanny, that I was not half afraid at the time of its being so, for there was something in your look that frightened me, but not at first; I was as unsuspicious of it at first—indeed, indeed I was.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Weston meanwhile, perfectly unsuspicious of the indignation he was exciting, happy and cheerful as usual, and with all the right of being principal talker, which a day spent anywhere from home confers, was making himself agreeable among the rest; and having satisfied the inquiries of his wife as to his dinner, convincing her that none of all her careful directions to the servants had been forgotten, and spread abroad what public news he had heard, was proceeding to a family communication, which, though principally addressed to Mrs. Weston, he had not the smallest doubt of being highly interesting to every body in the room.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)