unsuspecting
pronunciation
How to pronounce unsuspecting in British English:
UK [ˌʌnsəˈspektɪŋ]
How to pronounce unsuspecting in American English:
US [ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- not suspicious
- (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely
Word Origin
- unsuspecting (adj.)
- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of suspect (v.).
Example
- 1. Players use gravity and inertia to flick cartoon birds into structures hiding unsuspecting porcine antagonists .
- 2. One memorable attack ad showed an unsuspecting granny being tipped from her wheelchair over the edge of a cliff .
- 3. If even one was carrying hiv , the clotting concentrate was an efficient way to transmit the virus to unsuspecting hemophiliacs .
- 4. A number of u.s. states have joined in on an investigation of whether privacy laws were broken when google 's street view vehicles collected personal data of unsuspecting internet users .
- 5. Securitisation dumped the risk on those unsuspecting investors .