unsuspecting

/ (ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋ) /

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adjective

disposed to trust; not suspicious; trusting

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Derived forms of unsuspecting

unsuspectingly, adverb

Words nearby unsuspecting

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How to use unsuspecting in a sentence

The funk legend treats unsuspecting concertgoers to an impromptu show.
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Some are eventually re-gifted to unsuspecting relatives or friends.
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He was one of the first great modern day ad-libbers, unleashing all-out joke assaults on unsuspecting audiences.
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Like any massively successful property, the Turtles eventually began influencing its audience in unsuspecting ways.
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In Afghanistan, Gibbs started to teach his soldiers how to “drop weapon” on unsuspecting civilians.
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The impudence of the authorities, to decoy an unsuspecting workingman across the State line, and then arrest him as my accomplice!
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Riding into the valley the troop, whooping and yelling like mad men, suddenly dashed upon the unsuspecting recruits.
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He even began to formulate plans by which he could lure the unsuspecting Peter Levine into telling what he knew.
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They heard the bugle note enjoying quiet and repose in the camp of their unsuspecting foe.
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I looked at her pretty, unsuspecting face, and at the slender grace of her golden-robed body.
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