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
  • At the end of April 2022, the Russian army moved the Kuindzhi Art Museum's entire collection to a museum in the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic, a separatist and politically unrecognized territory annexed by Russia.
    Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Even in the early years after its publication, the novel’s feat didn’t go unrecognized.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 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
  • The unprecedented nature of the election leaves a lot of variables unknown.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025

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

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