unsuspecting
adjective
un·sus·pect·ing
ˌən-sə-ˈspek-tiŋ 
: unaware of any danger or threat : not suspecting
unsuspecting victims
unsuspectingly
adverb
Examples of unsuspecting in a Sentence
sidewalk vendors selling bogus gems to unsuspecting tourists
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Midfielder Luca De La Torre shot a rocket from distance on an otherwise unsuspecting attack and found the top right corner in the 50th minute, continuing a trend of conceding in the five minutes on either side of halftime.
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
Over a few days, a stalk bursts out of the ant’s head, and eventually pops open to release new spores down to the unsuspecting ants milling around on the ground below.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
Kotcheff then directed perhaps his most popular film, the oddball comedy Weekend at Bernie’s, which starred Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as unsuspecting pawns in a mob feud that left their company’s titular CEO dead.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
Investigators learned that an unsuspecting citizen later gave Diego a ride to south Sacramento and dropped him off near Cosumnes River Boulevard and Bruceville Road.
—Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
Over a few days, a stalk bursts out of the ant’s head, and eventually pops open to release new spores down to the unsuspecting ants milling around on the ground below.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
Kotcheff then directed perhaps his most popular film, the oddball comedy Weekend at Bernie’s, which starred Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as unsuspecting pawns in a mob feud that left their company’s titular CEO dead.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
Investigators learned that an unsuspecting citizen later gave Diego a ride to south Sacramento and dropped him off near Cosumnes River Boulevard and Bruceville Road.
—Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Unsuspecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsuspecting. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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