unsuspecting

  • 1unsuspecting — I adjective believing, credulous, easily deceived, gullible, incautus, innocent, minime suspicax, naive, off guard, simple, trustful, trusting, unaware, unconscious, undoubting, unexpectant, unguarded, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unsuspicious,… …

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  • 2unsuspecting — 1590s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) “not” + prp. of SUSPECT (Cf. suspect) (v.) …

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  • 3unsuspecting — [adj] gullible confiding, credulous, easy, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, off guard*, simple, swallowing, taken in*, trustful, trusting, unconscious, undoubting, unsuspicious, unwarned, unwary; concepts 401,404 Ant. conscious,… …

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  • 4unsuspecting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not aware of the presence of danger; feeling no suspicion. DERIVATIVES unsuspectingly adverb …

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  • 5unsuspecting — [spelling only] …

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  • 6unsuspecting — [[t]ʌ̱nsəspe̱ktɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n You can use unsuspecting to describe someone who is not at all aware of something that is happening or going to happen. The co defendants are charged with selling worthless junk bonds to thousands of… …

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  • 7unsuspecting — un|sus|pect|ing [ˌʌnsəˈspektıŋ] adj [usually before noun] not knowing that something bad is happening or going to happen ▪ unsuspecting victims ▪ Fake designer clothes are being sold to an unsuspecting public …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8unsuspecting — adjective Of or pertaining to lack of suspicion. He easily shot the unsuspecting target …

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  • 9unsuspecting — adj. Unsuspecting is used with these nouns: ↑prey, ↑victim …

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  • 10unsuspecting — adjective not knowing that something bad is about to happen: unsuspecting victims …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English