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Definition: Unsuspected |
UnsuspectedAdjective1. 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) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Unsuspected |
| English words defined with "unsuspected": lurking ♦ unknown. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unsuspected": Husband ♦ Letter ♦ Poison. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Unsuspected (1947) | |
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Books | |
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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. |
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King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Here is the head of that ignoble traitor, The dangerous and unsuspected Hastings. |
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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 97 | 33,269 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unsuspected": be unsuspected. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
the unsuspected | 3 |
pantie unsuspected | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 insuspeito, insuspeitado, ignorado (unknown, unrecognized). (various references) не вызывающий подозрений (unsuspicious). (various references) nesumnjiv (blatant, certain, indubitable, questionless, undoubted, unquestionable, unsuspicious), neslućen (undreamed of). (various references) insospechado. (various references) oväntad (abrupt, unexpected, unlooked for), oförutsedd (unforeseen), oanad (undreamed of, undreamt of, unthought of), inte misstänkt. (various references) umulmadık (improbable, sudden, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for, unthought of), şüphe edilmeyen (confiding, impeccable). (various references) несподіваний (abrupt, accidental, extempore, helter-skelter, occasional, surprising, unexpected, unhoped, unlooked for), непідозрюваний. (various references) không ngờ (uncontemplated, undreamed-of, undreamt-of, unexpected, unlooked-for, unthought-of), không bị nghi ngờ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Unsuspected" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: uncompacted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unsuspected" (pronounced u'nsuspe"ktud) |
| 9 | -s u s p e" k t u d | suspected. |
| 8 | -u s p e" k t u d | disrespected, respected. |
| 7 | -s p e" k t u d | expected, inspected, unexpected. |
| 5 | -e" k t u d | affected, 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 d | abducted, 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 d | abated, 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. | ||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 73 75 73 70 65 63 74 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ... ..- ... .--. . -.-. - . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110011 01110101 01110011 01110000 01100101 01100011 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n s u s p e c t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0073 0075 0073 0070 0065 0063 0074 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580858785827169867170 |
| 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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