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unsuspectingly

American  
[uhn-suh-spekt-ing-lee] / ˌʌn səˈspɛkt ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. in the manner of one who does not suspect anything.

    Synonyms:
    trustingly, naively

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“It is natural to be sympathetic to people who were unsuspectingly killed while innocently driving.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

"There's no reason for it and it leads people unsuspectingly on to a dangerous footpath, which is the path that Suzie fell from," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

Some of them will go to people who had unsuspectingly bought them and then returned them to humane rescue officials.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022

Taking place over a single night, and buoyed by Casas’s stark performance, the unsuspectingly heart-pounding film has a simple moral: Don’t talk to strangers.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021

Raynal unsuspectingly used Franklin's Polly Baker, as an authentic document in his Histoire ....

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson

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