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Definition: Unsuspecting |
UnsuspectingAdjective1. Not suspicious; "deceiving the unsuspecting public". 2. (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely; "an unsuspecting victim"; "unsuspecting (or unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unsuspecting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: UnsuspectingSynonym: unsuspicious (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Belief | Confiding, suspectless; unsuspecting, unsuspicious; void of suspicion; credulous; wedded to. |
Hope | Unsuspecting, unsuspicious; fearless, free from fear, free from suspicion, free from distrust, free from despair, exempt from fear, exempt from suspicion, exempt from distrust, exempt from despair; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unsuspecting |
| English words defined with "unsuspecting": Indubious ♦ Scratchback ♦ Unsuspicion, unsuspicious. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unsuspecting": CULLABILITY ♦ Horse. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | God knows what you've unleashed on the unsuspecting South (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Unsuspecting (1995) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Marcus reined in and took a last despairing look at the bungalow which sheltered his unsuspecting wife. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | For this reason, a large multinational franchise chain is treated in the same way that a small tavern operator, who is trying to squeeze more table space from the sidewalk or swindle unsuspecting clients is treated. (references) | |
Political Economy | GHANA | In cases in which trademarks have been misappropriated, the price and quality disparity is generally apparent to all but the most unsuspecting buyer. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unsuspecting" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unsuspecting" is used about 172 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% | 172 | 23,722 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
unsuspecting | 38 |
sex unsuspecting | 6 |
teen unsuspecting | 6 |
unsuspecting upskirt | 4 |
girl unsuspecting | 3 |
nude unsuspecting woman | 3 |
nude unsuspecting | 2 |
unsuspecting voyeur | 2 |
girl sleeping unsuspecting | 2 |
unsuspecting video | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unsuspecting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | që nuk dyshon (unsuspicious). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неподозиращ, доверчив (confidential, credulous, reliant, trustful). (various references) | |
Chinese | 信任 (trust, trusted, trustful, trusting, unsuspectingly). (various references) | |
Czech | nic netušící, nepodezřívající, dùvìřivý (credulous, dewy-eyed, gullible, trustful). (various references) | |
Finnish | pahaa aavistamaton, herkkäuskoinen (credulous, gullible). (various references) | |
German | arglos (guileless, innocent, inoffensive, unsophisticated, unsuspectingly, unsuspicious, unsuspiciously), ahnungslos (clueless, cluelessly, oblivious, obliviously, unaware, unwitting). (various references) | |
Greek | ανύποπτοσ (unsuspected). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyanútlan (guileless, unseeing, unsuspicious). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uspectingunsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | que não suspeita, não suspeitoso, confiante (confident, credent, jaunty, questionless, reliant, secure, sure, trustful). (various references) | |
Russian | не подозревающий (unaware), ни о чем не подозревающий. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bezazlen (artless, childish, guileless, harmless, ingenuous, innocent, laudable, naďve, simplehearted, simple-hearted, unoffending). (various references) | |
Spanish | nada suspicaz, desprevenido (unaware, unprepared, unsuspectingly). (various references) | |
Swedish | omisstänksam, intet ont anandade, godtrogen (confiding, confinding, credulous, naïve, naive, simple, simple minded), aningslös. (various references) | |
Turkish | kuşkulanmayan, şüphelenmeyen. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | довірливий (confident, confidential, credent, credulous, gullible, trustful). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | không nghi ngờ (undoubting, unsuspicious), không ngờ vực (unsuspicious). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inprudens, inprudentem, inprudentes, inprudenti, inprudentis, inprudentium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unsuspecting": unsuspectingly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unsuspecting" (pronounced u'nsuspe"kting) |
| 9 | -s u s p e" k t i ng | suspecting. |
| 8 | -u s p e" k t i ng | disrespecting. |
| 7 | -s p e" k t i ng | expecting, inspecting, prospecting, respecting. |
| 5 | -e" k t i ng | affecting, collecting, connecting, correcting, defecting, deflecting, detecting, directing, disconnecting, dissecting, effecting, electing, erecting, infecting, injecting, intersecting, neglecting, objecting, perfecting, projecting, protecting, recollecting, reconnecting, redirecting, reelecting, reflecting, rejecting, resurrecting, selecting, subjecting. |
| 4 | -k t i ng | abducting, acting, addicting, afflicting, attracting, concocting, conducting, conflicting, constricting, constructing, contacting, contracting, contradicting, convicting, counteracting, deducting, depicting, destructing, detracting, distracting, districting, enacting, evicting, exacting, extracting, impacting, inflicting, instructing, interacting, interdicting, obstructing, overreacting, predicting, reacting, reconstructing, redacting, redistricting, restricting, retracting, subcontracting, subtracting, superconducting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, activating, adapting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, confiscating, confronting, congratulating, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, consulting, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contrasting, contributing, converting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, defaulting, defeating, deflating, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, disappointing, disconcerting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrupting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distributing, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, elaborating, elating, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, exacerbating, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, instigating, instituting, insulating, insulting, integrating, intercepting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, obliterating, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, reconstituting, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redecorating, redistributing, reevaluating, refitting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, restarting, restating, resting, resubmitting, resulting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-n-n-p-s-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: suspecting. | |
-3 letters: censusing. | |
-4 letters: inspects, penguins, puniness, punniest, scenting, sunniest, unguents. | |
-5 letters: censing, cessing, cesspit, cussing, cutises, ensigns, ensuing, gunites, gunnies, ictuses, incepts, incests, incuses, ingests, insects, inspect, insteps, nesting, pectins, penguin, pignuts, puisnes, pungent, puniest, punnets, punties, punting, sennits, sensing, septics, signets, spinets, sunsuit, supines, suspect, tenpins, tensing, tuneups, tunings, tunnies, uncinus, unguent. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-n-n-p-s-s-t-u-u" | |
+2 letters: unsuspectingly. | |
+3 letters: intussuscepting. | |
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