Antonyms for unsuspecting

Grammar : Adj

Spell : verb suh-spekt; noun suhs-pekt; adjective suhs-pekt, suh-spekt

Phonetic Transcription : verb səˈspɛkt; noun ˈsʌs pɛkt; adjective ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛkt

Definition of unsuspecting

Origin : 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of suspect (v.).

adj gullible

Example sentences :

After dinner the Little Doctor spoke to the unsuspecting critics.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

She had been generous, and unsuspecting, and for this she was betrayed and abandoned.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

Like my father, I was open, guileless, unsuspecting—and it destroyed me.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various

Recklessly, then, that unsuspecting fellow stepped into the trap.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

For this you cultivated the good graces of an unsuspecting old man.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

Unsuspecting, the amorous Marto followed the old man into the room prepared.
Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan

Her nobility made it a condition of her mind to be unsuspecting.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Grantline with his treasure, unsuspecting this brigand ship.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

Have we not a registered catalogue of all the knaveries that have ever been practised on the unsuspecting?
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

Upon my word, he was too unsuspecting; he was not fair game.
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for unsuspecting

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