unsuspected

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Recent Examples of unsuspected But the scientists believe that this unusual environment could host organisms with unsuspected talents. Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024 Over the past few months, Texans have had unsuspected encounters with land and sea creatures on beaches. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Feb. 2024 Some heretofore unsuspected physics must eventually intervene to stabilize the interior. George Musser, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022 The evidence against them is still in the process of being made public, but the practice of privately financing political parties of all stripes signaled the unsuspected depth of corruption in Chilean politics. Juan De Onís, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2015 See All Example Sentences for unsuspected
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsuspected
Adjective
  • Look for unusual activity such as unrecognized logins, changes to passwords or new connected devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In many cases, fans were able to see that the tickets were surreptitiously forwarded to unrecognized accounts, presumably so they could be sold on third-party sites.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Marina, in economics, conveyed a lesson just as direct, but as yet unperceived.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • If Barack liked to play the conciliator, unveiling heretofore unperceived dimensions of sameness among disparate peoples, Michelle often played the patient teacher, offering instruction from a benevolent distance, then retreating, until next class period, into privacy.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Much about the new species’ lifestyle and behavior remains unknown.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Julia Wolf went from a relatively unknown artist to notching a Drake collaboration seemingly overnight.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Unsuspected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsuspected. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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