unsuspected

Definition of unsuspectednext

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Recent Examples of unsuspected 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 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 There’s a beautiful lilting rhythm to the story’s developments as the centrality of each of the four principal characters keeps shifting, often showing unsuspected sides of them. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Further investigation showed that the projector optics included a previously unsuspected UV filter incorporated into a block of glass that protects the rest of the system in case the projector’s bulb explodes. Paul Wallich, IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2016 See All Example Sentences for unsuspected
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Adjective
  • All told, the algorithm identified between about 150,000 and 160,000 potential unrecognized COVID deaths on top of the 840,251 that were officially reported.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Applied to the region’s adults, that prevalence would imply roughly 1 billion people carrying unrecognized cardiovascular risk.
    Aditi Kantipuly, STAT, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Einstein and relativity The early modern physicist Isaac Newton had presumed an unperceived yet real flow of time.
    Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Marina, in economics, conveyed a lesson just as direct, but as yet unperceived.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • He was last seen running near the outdoor gear store Cabela's, but investigators learned the suspect fled the complex in an unknown direction.
    Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The unknown vehicle entered the intersection and struck the scooter, ejecting the rider completely off the scooter, the crash log said.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026

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“Unsuspected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsuspected. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.

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