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unsuspected

unsuspected

2 5.3
Not known or expected to be there
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.səˈspɛk.tɪd/
translation icon : no sospechado
  • In some cases, however, investigation by this means yields an unsuspected result.
  • previously unsuspected
  • reveal an unsuspected
  • existence of an unsuspected

It preys upon those that are unsuspected and they're uninformed.

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Examples

  • In fact, again, we found evidence of unsuspected immune blood test abnormalities.

  • She discovered an unsuspected talent for painting after taking a class.

  • Whatever it was, it had been in her all along, unsuspected, an ability to...

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "yes, sometimes... you discover within yourself "an unsuspected strength.

  • To be able to land on the Earth from a planet whose existence was previously unsuspected.

  • There is a second world that exists side by side with the first, unsuspected.

    Academic text (2016)
  • And when an unsuspected challenge occurs, she feels tense, though may not show.

  • One expects fury, horror, the Minotaur, and instead this serenity, this pure, unsuspected light.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Introduced technological advances can bring unsuspected consequences, as was found in Saint Vincent (Grossman 1998).

    Academic text (2004)
  • The fabric of my everyday reality was ripped asunder momentarily to reveal an unsuspected underlying majesty.

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

undetected
vsunsuspected
37 4.6

Not found or noticed by others

expresses lack of prior suspicion about existence or truth
undiscovered
vsunsuspected
23 4.0

Not yet found or known by people

concerns not being suspected to exist rather than simply unknown
unseen
vsunsuspected
12 5.1

Not expected before and causing trouble or surprise

emphasizes that something was not thought likely to exist or be true
unanticipated
vsunsuspected
10 5.8

Happening suddenly without warning

is about not thought likely to exist or be true
unheralded
vsunsuspected
1 7.4

Happening suddenly without warning

covers lack of prior suspicion rather than lack of announcement
unpredicted
vsunsuspected
1 5.1

Happening when no one expects it

focuses on not being thought likely or suspected beforehand
unperceived
vsunsuspected
1 8.2

Other people do not notice someone or something

is about not being thought likely rather than simply unseen
unthought-of
vsunsuspected
7.9

No one expects it before it happens

is simply not thought likely or suspected to be present
unguessed
vsunsuspected
7.4

No one knows what it is

refers more generally to things not thought likely to exist
overlooked
vsunsuspected
4.0

People do not notice it when it is important

means it was not thought likely to be present or true
inapparent
vsunsuspected
8.1

Hard to see or notice

focuses on being unlikely or not suspected rather than hard to see
unapparent
vsunsuspected
7.9

Not easily seen, noticed, or understood

refers to being not thought likely to exist or be true

Antonyms

3.7

Thought likely to be true but not yet proven

How Likely

certain
946 1.0
likely
1.0
possible
1.0
unsuspected
2 5.3
unlikely
487 1.9
impossible
1.4

Surface Forms

unsuspected positive

Morphology

unsuspected = suspected (transparent) = un + suspect + ed

The prefix 'un-' negates the adjective 'suspected', clearly indicating something not thought likely.

Etymology

The word unsuspected is built from un- meaning 'not' and suspect meaning 'to think something may be true or to doubt'. So it means something people did not think was there or would happen, and so it was a surprise.