unsuspected

Examples

• All

• 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.

  Afterwards (2008)

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

  The Man from Planet X (1951)

• 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

U

undetected

vsunsuspected

37 4.6

Not found or noticed by others

expresses lack of prior suspicion about existence or truth

U

undiscovered

vsunsuspected

23 4.0

Not yet found or known by people

concerns not being suspected to exist rather than simply unknown

U

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

U

unanticipated

vsunsuspected

10 5.8

Happening suddenly without warning

is about not thought likely to exist or be true

U

unheralded

vsunsuspected

1 7.4

Happening suddenly without warning

covers lack of prior suspicion rather than lack of announcement

U

unpredicted

vsunsuspected

1 5.1

Happening when no one expects it

focuses on not being thought likely or suspected beforehand

U

unperceived

vsunsuspected

1 8.2

Other people do not notice someone or something

is about not being thought likely rather than simply unseen

U

unthought-of

vsunsuspected

7.9

No one expects it before it happens

is simply not thought likely or suspected to be present

U

unguessed

vsunsuspected

7.4

No one knows what it is

refers more generally to things not thought likely to exist

O

overlooked

vsunsuspected

4.0

People do not notice it when it is important

means it was not thought likely to be present or true

I

inapparent

vsunsuspected

8.1

Hard to see or notice

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

U

unapparent

vsunsuspected

7.9

Not easily seen, noticed, or understood

refers to being not thought likely to exist or be true

Antonyms

S

suspected

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

Morphology

Etymology