as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
sidewalk vendors selling bogus gems to unsuspecting tourists
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Recent Examples of unsuspecting
The production stole shots on the street amid the unsuspecting working-class pedestrians of Strasbourg–Saint-Denis, but Godard often used these images for absurd scenarios.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
What happened: Working out of his Danny & Coop's food truck parked on New Orleans' Magazine Street, Bradley Cooper handed out free sandwiches to unsuspecting passersby on Friday.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
But an unsuspecting Mark (Adam Scott) finally acts on his feelings for Helly R./Helena and shares an intimate moment with her in the tent.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
In front of it sits a black and white cat, appearing to size up its unsuspecting companion.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
What happened: Working out of his Danny & Coop's food truck parked on New Orleans' Magazine Street, Bradley Cooper handed out free sandwiches to unsuspecting passersby on Friday.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
But an unsuspecting Mark (Adam Scott) finally acts on his feelings for Helly R./Helena and shares an intimate moment with her in the tent.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
In front of it sits a black and white cat, appearing to size up its unsuspecting companion.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsuspecting
Adjective
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But in the transactional world of Trump, Musk, and DOGE, the concept of career civil servants taking lower-paying, apolitical work to serve an intangible greater good is naive at best.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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The idea sounds simple, even naive: Fix the money, fix the world.—
Bryan Benson,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This innocent man spent over three decades behind bars.—
Yash Roy,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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The stalking may just have been a way to bide time and screw up the courage for a dinner invite, but after their meal, Burt’s Outie might not be wholly innocent or trustworthy.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This fund is the simplest way to play the inevitable rise in lithium prices.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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But with a change as simple as adding a bistro table and chairs, these cozy nooks become inviting oases to use regularly.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That’s because the agency’s duty is to stand in the way of businesses desiring to push unsafe and ineffective nostrums at unwary consumers, and also in the way of a perverse idea that personal freedom includes the freedom to be gulled by charlatans.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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What results from this corporate retrenchment is unknown, but the trends are clear, and the paths forward are strewn with mind fields for the unwary or unprepared business leader. Follow me on LinkedIn.—
Timothy J. McClimon,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Unsuspecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsuspecting. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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