unsuspected

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adjective

Not suspected; not having raised suspicion.

“The police uncovered his unsuspected drug dealing whilst investigating another matter.”

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Meanings

adjectiveunsuspected (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot suspected; not having raised suspicion.

    The police uncovered his unsuspected drug dealing whilst investigating another matter.

    1 more example

    At that time it was thought that the critical section, in which an irruption of water from the river was to be feared, lay under the Shoots, but this proved not to be the case. Indeed, relatively little trouble was experienced from the Severn. The very serious flooding, which twice submerged part of the works, came from an underground river, (now known as the Great Spring), the presence of which was unsuspected.

    1948 September and October, “Weekend Works in the Severn Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 299

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot suspected or believed likely

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsuspected
  9. Englishunsuspected

From un- + suspected.

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APA

unsuspected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsuspected

MLA

“unsuspected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsuspected. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsuspected,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsuspected.

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