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Unsuspected

Definition: Unsuspected

Unsuspected

Adjective

1. Not suspected or believed likely; "remained unsuspected as the head of the spy ring"; "he was able to get into the building unspotted and unsuspected".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unsuspected" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)


Antonym: suspected (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Unsuspected

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Belief

Believed; Verb: accredited, putative; unsuspected.

Latency Implication

Unapparent, unknown, unseen; in the background; invisible; indiscoverable, dark; impenetrable; (unintelligible); unspied, unsuspected.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Unsuspected

English words defined with "unsuspected": lurkingunknown. (references)
Specialty definitions using "unsuspected": HusbandLetterPoison. (references)

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Modern Usage: Unsuspected

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Unsuspected (1947)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Unsuspected

DomainTitle

Books

  • Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness (reference)

  • Infertility and Birth Defects: Is Mercury from Silver Dental Fillings an Unsuspected Cause (reference)

  • Remarkable Healings: A Psychiatrist Discovers Unsuspected Roots of Mental and Physical Illness (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Unsuspected

AuthorQuotation

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens with the flower of the pleasure that concealed it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Unsuspected

TitleAuthorQuote

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Here is the head of that ignoble traitor, The dangerous and unsuspected Hastings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Unsuspected

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

However, unsuspected or mild endometriosis is a common finding among infertile women and how this type of endometriosis affects fertility is still not clear. (references)

Histologic examination of biopsy or autopsy tissues is occasionally useful in diagnosing unsuspected cases of rabies that have not been tested by routine methods. (references)

If an unsuspected ovarian malignancy is detected at the time of diagnostic laparoscopy, staging and debulking by laparotomy should be undertaken without delay and is ideally performed by a gynecologic oncologist. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Unsuspected

"Unsuspected" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unsuspected" is used about 97 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%9733,269

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Unsuspected

Expression using "unsuspected": be unsuspected. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Unsuspected

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

the unsuspected

3

pantie unsuspected

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unsuspected

Language Translations for "unsuspected"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pa prirje ndaj, i padyshimtë (absolute, certain, decided, distinct, doubtless, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, positive, questionless, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unmistakable, unquestionable, unquestioning, unsuspicious). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غير متجاوز. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неочакван (accidental, emergent, snap, strange, sudden, surprise, surprising, swift, unanticipated, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped-for, unlooked for, unrehearsed, unsought), незаподозрян, неподозрян (unquestioned), неподозиран. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

嫌疑. (various references)

   

Czech

  

netušený (undreamed of, undreamt of), nepodezřelý (unsuspicious), nejsoucí v podezření. (various references)

   

French

  

insoupçonné. (various references)

   

German

  

unerwartet (abrupt, sudden, unawares, unexpected, unexpectedly, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unlocked-for, unsuspectedly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χωρίσ να τον υποπτεύεται τίσ, ανύποπτοσ (unsuspecting). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyanún felül álló. (various references)

   

Italian

  

insospettato. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

意想外 (unexpected). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いそうがい (unexpected). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uspectedunsay

   

Portuguese

  

insuspeito, insuspeitado, ignorado (unknown, unrecognized). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

не вызывающий подозрений (unsuspicious). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nesumnjiv (blatant, certain, indubitable, questionless, undoubted, unquestionable, unsuspicious), neslućen (undreamed of). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

insospechado. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

oväntad (abrupt, unexpected, unlooked for), oförutsedd (unforeseen), oanad (undreamed of, undreamt of, unthought of), inte misstänkt. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

umulmadık (improbable, sudden, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for, unthought of), şüphe edilmeyen (confiding, impeccable). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

несподіваний (abrupt, accidental, extempore, helter-skelter, occasional, surprising, unexpected, unhoped, unlooked for), непідозрюваний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không ngờ (uncontemplated, undreamed-of, undreamt-of, unexpected, unlooked-for, unthought-of), không bị nghi ngờ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Unsuspected

Misspellings

"Unsuspected" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: uncompacted. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Unsuspected"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "unsuspected" (pronounced u'nsuspe"ktud)
9-s u s p e" k t u dsuspected.
8-u s p e" k t u ddisrespected, respected.
7-s p e" k t u dexpected, inspected, unexpected.
5-e" k t u daffected, collected, connected, corrected, defected, deflected, dejected, detected, directed, disaffected, disconnected, dissected, effected, ejected, elected, erected, infected, inflected, injected, interconnected, interjected, intersected, misdirected, neglected, objected, perfected, projected, protected, recollected, reconnected, redirected, reelected, reflected, rejected, resurrected, selected, subjected, unaffected, uncollected, unconnected, uncorrected, undetected, unelected, uninfected, unprotected.
4-k t u dabducted, abstracted, acted, addicted, afflicted, attracted, compacted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, constricted, constructed, contacted, contracted, contradicted, convicted, counteracted, deducted, depicted, destructed, detracted, distracted, enacted, evicted, exacted, extracted, impacted, inducted, inflicted, instructed, interacted, interdicted, obstructed, overacted, overreacted, predicted, protracted, reacted, reconstructed, redacted, reenacted, restricted, retracted, subcontracted, subtracted, transacted, transected, uncontradicted, unobstructed, unreconstructed, unrestricted.
3-t u dabated, abbreviated, abdicated, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, activated, adapted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, confiscated, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, consulted, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, defaulted, defeated, deflated, degenerated, dehydrated, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, deteriorated, detested, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, disappointed, disassociated, discontented, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrupted, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, elaborated, elated, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, infatuated, infested, infiltrated, inflated, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, instigated, instituted, insulated, insulted, integrated, intercepted, interested, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, obligated, obliterated, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protested, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, reconstituted, recounted, recreated, recruited, redecorated, redistributed, redrafted, reevaluated, refitted, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, restarted, restated, rested, resubmitted, resulted, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unpainted, unprecedented, unrated, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Unsuspected

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-n-p-s-s-t-u-u"

-2 letters: suspected.

-3 letters: censused, cuteness, descents.

-4 letters: densest, deputes, descent, dueness, dustups, pectens, scented, seduces, sendups, spences, suspect, suspend, tuneups, unsteps, upsends.

-5 letters: censed, censes, census, cessed, cestus, cusped, cussed, cutups, decent, depute, deuces, dunces, dustup, educes, educts, endues, ensued, ensues, etudes, nested, nudest, pecten, pseuds, punted, scends, scenes, scents, scutes, secund, seduce, sendup, sensed.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-n-p-s-s-t-u-u"
 

+3 letters: intussuscepted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Unsuspected


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 73 75 73 70 65 63 74 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    ...    ..-    ...    .--.    .    -.-.    -    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01110011 01110101 01110011 01110000 01100101 01100011 01110100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#115 &#117 &#115 &#112 &#101 &#99 &#116 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0073 0075 0073 0070 0065 0063 0074 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5580858785827169867170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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