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The evil lies yet deeper: in her total ignorance, unsuspiciousness of there being such feelings; in a perversion of mind which made it natural to her to treat the subject as she did.

From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane

Concerning her unsuspiciousness, however, it should be said that the word applies only to her treatment of myself.

From A Rambler's lease by Torrey, Bradford

Little did he suspect who his interrogator was, and freely in his unsuspiciousness he entered upon the subject of slave hunting in the Somali country, and Zanzibar, of all things the most interesting to me.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In her apparent ignorance and unsuspiciousness of the whole thing, she seemed so gay, so happy, so sweet and loving, how could I give her a pain?

From Saxe Holm's Stories by Jackson, Helen Hunt

She had known something all the time, and had been taking advantage of her unsuspiciousness!

From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George