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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

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of unsuspected

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

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Instead, the leading AI company reported to government and responsible private actors that its new artificial-intelligence model showed an uncanny knack for discovering thousands of unsuspected security flaws in widely used software products.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 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

But inside the quiet young scholar there existed a second, unsuspected personality, one with stunted emotions and a distorted mind through which cold thoughts flowed in cruel directions.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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