unsuspected

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un·sus·pect·ed

(ŭn′sə-spĕk′tĭd)

adj.

1. Not under suspicion.

2. Not known to exist: an unsuspected disease.

un′sus·pect′ed·ly adv.

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unsuspected

(ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪd)

adj

1. not under suspicion

2. not known to exist

ˌunsusˈpectedly adv

ˌunsusˈpectedness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

un•sus•pect•ed

(ˌʌn səˈspɛk tɪd)

adj.

1. not regarded with suspicion.

2. not imagined to exist.

[1520–30]

un`sus•pect′ed•ly, adv.

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Adj.

unsuspected - not suspected or believed likely; "remained unsuspected as the head of the spy ring"; "he was able to get into the building unspotted and unsuspected"; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected turnings in the road"

suspected - believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection"

Translations

غير مَعْروف أو مَوجود

netušený

uanet

ungeahnt

insoupconné

nem is sejtett

óvæntur

insospettato senza sospetti

nenuspėjamasnieko neįtariantis

necerētsnegaidīts

uant

netušený

hiç akla gelmeyenumulmadık

未知的

unsuspected

[ˈʌnsəsˈpektɪd] ADJ → insospechado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unsuspected

adj presence → nicht vermutet, unvermutet; oilfields, coal deposits, causes → unvermutet; wealth, skill, powers → ungeahnt; consequences → unerwartet, ungeahnt; problem → unerwartet; to be unsuspected (person) → nicht unter Verdacht stehen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unsuspected

[ˌʌnsəsˈpɛktɪd] adj → insospettato/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unsuspected

(ansəˈspektid) adjective

not imagined or known to exist. He had unsuspected talents.

ˌunsuˈspecting adjective

not aware of (coming) danger. He stole all her money and she was completely unsuspecting.

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6; and a whole wonderful underworld of lace and linen and silk stockings, the counterpart of which wonders, my clairvoyant fancy laughed to think, were at the moment--so entirely unsuspected of their original owner--my delicious possessions.