unsuspicious
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not suspicious; not suspecting, unaware (of something).
Example Sentences
- "[…] he his guide requested (For so from such as nearer stood we heard), As over-tired, to let him lean awhile With both his arms on those two massy pillars, That to the arched roof gave main support. He unsuspicious led him; […]"
- "Unsuspicious of her danger, the lamb’s throat will hardly shun thy knife!—O be not thou the butcher of my lambkin!"
- "For a moment or two nothing was said, and she was unsuspicious of having excited any particular interest, till she found her arm drawn within his, and pressed against his heart […]"
- "Whenever such a mischance occurred—when a waggon-load of valuable merchandise had been smuggled ashore, at noonday, perhaps, and directly beneath their unsuspicious noses—nothing could exceed the vigilance and alacrity with which they proceeded to lock, and double-lock, and secure with tape and sealing-wax, all the avenues of the delinquent vessel."
- "For, innocent and unsuspicious as she was, she could not help understanding the gossip of her friends."
- "The skeletons in this sport’s hitherto unsuspicious closet belong to upward of a dozen top-notch show jumpers, all insured for $50,000 to $250,000, all killed by a hitman-for-hire in an insurance-fraud scheme perpetrated by some of the most sterling names in the business."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English suspicious English unsuspicious From un- + suspicious.
Inflected Forms
more unsuspicious (comparative)
most unsuspicious (superlative)