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unsuspected

American  
[uhn-suh-spek-tid] / ˌʌn səˈspɛk tɪd /

adjective

  1. not regarded or considered with suspicion.

    unsuspected in the crime.

  2. not imagined to exist.

    a person of unsuspected talents.


unsuspected British  
/ ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪd /

adjective

  1. not under suspicion

  2. not known to exist

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of unsuspected

First recorded in 1520–30; un- 1 + suspect + -ed 2

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The fight only begins with the fact that the latest cutting-edge U.S. models, led by Anthropic’s Mythos, seem to be uncannily good at finding dangerous and unsuspected vulnerabilities in all major software systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

And this philosophy of letting Goldie stay where he was until he was hungry seemed to be a good one - until he started to show hitherto unsuspected initiative.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025

Adding the eight sugars proved challenging, as did balancing unsuspected interactions among enzymes in yeast.

From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024

The new work shows that elsewhere in the body, it has an unsuspected and “completely divergent role.”

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 13, 2024

Now the twins, with unsuspected intelligence, came up the mountain with armfuls of dried leaves and dumped them against the pile.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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