as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
a happy-go-lucky, unsuspicious fellow who was easy prey for confidence men
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Recent Examples of unsuspicious
There’s the intelligence of her positioning for all three, but particularly the third, with Shaw putting space between herself and Kerolin at the top of Spurs’ 18-yard box to seem totally unsuspicious to the two Spurs defenders who should know better.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
Gerger quoted from a transcript of Mirhashemi’s interviews with the feds, including Mirhashemi suggesting that Legends and OVG had unsuspicious—and lawful—reasons to join forces.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
However, as with other recent crises, unrelated media from other fires has dropped into the online conversation, drawing in otherwise unsuspicious viewers.
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Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Chemirmir, 49, quietly smothered elderly women, making their deaths look unsuspicious, and stole their jewelry, according to police and prosecutors in Dallas and Collin counties.
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Dallas News,
25 Apr. 2022
In the trailer, Hawke first appears in white face paint and a top hat, struggling with falling grocery bags beside a completely unsuspicious beat-up black van.
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Jennifer Yuma,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2021
The nerve agents were designed to be undetectable, possibly relying on combinations of otherwise harmless or unsuspicious chemicals.
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Beth Mole,
Ars Technica,
5 July 2018
The two deaths are currently being treated as separate and unsuspicious.
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Lilly Milman,
Billboard,
30 May 2018
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
Gerger quoted from a transcript of Mirhashemi’s interviews with the feds, including Mirhashemi suggesting that Legends and OVG had unsuspicious—and lawful—reasons to join forces.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
However, as with other recent crises, unrelated media from other fires has dropped into the online conversation, drawing in otherwise unsuspicious viewers.
—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Chemirmir, 49, quietly smothered elderly women, making their deaths look unsuspicious, and stole their jewelry, according to police and prosecutors in Dallas and Collin counties.
—
Dallas News,
25 Apr. 2022
In the trailer, Hawke first appears in white face paint and a top hat, struggling with falling grocery bags beside a completely unsuspicious beat-up black van.
—
Jennifer Yuma,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2021
The nerve agents were designed to be undetectable, possibly relying on combinations of otherwise harmless or unsuspicious chemicals.
—
Beth Mole,
Ars Technica,
5 July 2018
The two deaths are currently being treated as separate and unsuspicious.
—
Lilly Milman,
Billboard,
30 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsuspicious
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In her own naive way, Miss Manners notices that your concern about gift cards requires a remarkable number of dollar signs to express.
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And radical hope — not naive optimism, but hope that lives in imagination.
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But the document also made clear, as every criminal case must, that the charges were accusations and that the defendant was presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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Nearly two-dozen suspects are now off the streets after being charged with dozens of shootings involving innocent bystanders.
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The questions Campbell needs to answer are simple.
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The subtext beneath that statement is that Syd recognizes why Tina might be loath to take orders from a boss who is younger and, relative to Carmy, inexperienced in the business.
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Army investigations have repeatedly pointed to the same factors contributing to fatal training incidents including sleep deprivation, inadequate training and inexperienced leaders supervising high-risk exercises.
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The hillbilly is portrayed as ignorant, uneducated, and unsophisticated; they are often depicted as being unkempt in appearance, perhaps noticeably dirty or walking around barefoot.
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This handed unsophisticated attackers a preview of what’s coming.
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His position is assumed, in turn, by the largest of the immature fish, who, thanks to the tragedy, finally gets to grow up.
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Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens.
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“Unsuspicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsuspicious. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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