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English
Etymology
From un- + suspicious.
Adjective
unsuspicious (comparative more unsuspicious, superlative most unsuspicious)
- Not suspicious; not suspecting, unaware (of something).
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(For so from such as nearer stood we heard),
As over-tired, to let him lean awhile
With both his arms on those two massy pillars,
That to the arched roof gave main support.
He unsuspicious led him; […]
1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], Emma: , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: for John Murray, →OCLC:For a moment or two nothing was said, and she was unsuspicious of having excited any particular interest, till she found her arm drawn within his, and pressed against his heart […]
1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introductory”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:Whenever such a mischance occurred—when a waggon-load of valuable merchandise had been smuggled ashore, at noonday, perhaps, and directly beneath their unsuspicious noses—nothing could exceed the vigilance and alacrity with which they proceeded to lock, and double-lock, and secure with tape and sealing-wax, all the avenues of the delinquent vessel.
1868, Louisa M Alcott, chapter 9, in Little Women: , part first, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC:For, innocent and unsuspicious as she was, she could not help understanding the gossip of her friends.
- Not arousing suspicion.
- 2004, A. Heidenreich and V. Ravery, “Preoperative imaging in renal cell cancer,” Abstract, in World Journal of Urology, 22(5), November 2004,
- The involvement of the adrenal gland can be accurately predicted by CT scans or MRI, allowing an adrenal sparing approach in the case of unsuspicious findings.
8 July 2014, Simon Jenkins, “This Grand Inquisition won’t find ‘the truth’ of child sex abuse,”, in The Guardian:One of May’s inquiries is a “review of reviews”, occasioned by the loss of the files. This was investigated by the Home Office a year ago and found to be unsuspicious.
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