unsuspecting

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English suspecting

English unsuspecting

From un- + suspecting.

Adjective

unsuspecting (comparative more unsuspecting, superlative most unsuspecting)

1. Not suspecting; without any suspicion.

   He easily shot the unsuspecting target.

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 193:

     One by one grotesque forms emerged from the jungle to creep stealthily upon the unsuspecting woman.

   • 1999 April 5, William Safire, “Essay; The Quiet Noisemaker”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 September 2017:

     Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."

   • 2008 June 20, Edward Rothstein, “Critters of a Wondrous Isle, Meet Your Friend and Foe”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 4 January 2022:

     To unsuspecting eyes these mongoose relatives can seem eminently pettable.

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: неподозиращ (nepodozirašt)
• Danish: intetanende
• Dutch: nietsvermoedend (nl)
• Finnish: pahaa-aavistamaton
• French: qui ne se doute de rien
• Georgian: ეჭვმიუტანელი (eč̣vmiuṭaneli)
• Greek: ανυποψίαστος (el) (anypopsíastos)
• Hungarian: gyanútlan (hu)
• Irish: neamh-amhrasach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: intetanende

• Persian: از همه جا بی خبر, بی‌خبر (bi-xabar)
• Polish: niepodejrzewający
• Spanish: desprevenido, incauto (es), imprevisor (es), impróvido (es) (uncommon), no sospechante
• Swedish: aningslös (sv), intet ont anande, omisstänksam
• Urdu: بے خبر (be-xabar)