unsuspected

adjective

un·​sus·​pect·​ed ˌən-sə-ˈspek-tə-bəl How to pronounce unsuspected (audio)
: not imagined to exist or be true, likely, or possible : not suspected
an unsuspected illness
… suggests that the universe contains a hitherto unsuspected form of invisible matter.I. Peterson

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An enormous but unsuspected hive After some hours the authorities were able to work out what had happened. Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 16 May 2025 Facing unspeakable evil with the greatest – and unsuspected – resolve a human being can ever hope for, Jean Moulin’s story reverberates until today. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 May 2025 The whole point of a competitive process, even a truncated one, is to discover unsuspected strengths, which is how Obama was able to best Clinton in 2008, and to test for hidden weakness, which is how Harris flamed out as a candidate the last time, before even reaching the Iowa caucus. Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024 Tren de Aragua, a criminal gang from Venezuela that is said to be as serious a threat as the Salvadoran gang MS-13, is quietly operating in unsuspected neighborhoods and communities across the country. Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unsuspected

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unsuspected was circa 1530

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“Unsuspected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsuspected. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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