unsuspecting
adjective
un·sus·pect·ing
ˌən-sə-ˈspek-tiŋ 
: unaware of any danger or threat : not suspecting
unsuspecting victims
unsuspectingly
adverb
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Examples of unsuspecting in a Sentence
sidewalk vendors selling bogus gems to unsuspecting tourists
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What’s next for Raygun? Not surprisingly, the unsuspecting star is planning to stay out of the spotlight—Raygun will not be competing for the foreseeable future.
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Jason Pu, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
But suspecting bad actors were at play, Segura dug deeper and uncovered an impersonation ploy, which involved trying to convince unsuspecting users to download something purporting to be the Slack app.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
Take, for instance, the idiosyncratic roll-out of his latest solo album, No Name, which initially was secretly released on July 19 as a free, unlabeled vinyl to unsuspecting customers at his Third Man Records stores in Detroit, Nashville and London.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2024
Taking it up a notch, Ethel is accompanied in her goal of sinking unsuspecting ships by the wicked sea witch queen.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
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Jason Pu, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
But suspecting bad actors were at play, Segura dug deeper and uncovered an impersonation ploy, which involved trying to convince unsuspecting users to download something purporting to be the Slack app.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
Take, for instance, the idiosyncratic roll-out of his latest solo album, No Name, which initially was secretly released on July 19 as a free, unlabeled vinyl to unsuspecting customers at his Third Man Records stores in Detroit, Nashville and London.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2024
Taking it up a notch, Ethel is accompanied in her goal of sinking unsuspecting ships by the wicked sea witch queen.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
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“Unsuspecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsuspecting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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