The co-defendants are charged with selling worthless junk bonds to thousands of unsuspecting depositors.
...his unsuspecting victim.
English dictionary. 2008.
unsuspecting — I adjective believing, credulous, easily deceived, gullible, incautus, innocent, minime suspicax, naive, off guard, simple, trustful, trusting, unaware, unconscious, undoubting, unexpectant, unguarded, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unsuspicious,… … Law dictionary
unsuspecting — 1590s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) “not” + prp. of SUSPECT (Cf. suspect) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
unsuspecting — [adj] gullible confiding, credulous, easy, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, off guard*, simple, swallowing, taken in*, trustful, trusting, unconscious, undoubting, unsuspicious, unwarned, unwary; concepts 401,404 Ant. conscious,… … New thesaurus
unsuspecting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not aware of the presence of danger; feeling no suspicion. DERIVATIVES unsuspectingly adverb … English terms dictionary
unsuspecting — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
unsuspecting — un|sus|pect|ing [ˌʌnsəˈspektıŋ] adj [usually before noun] not knowing that something bad is happening or going to happen ▪ unsuspecting victims ▪ Fake designer clothes are being sold to an unsuspecting public … Dictionary of contemporary English
unsuspecting — adjective Of or pertaining to lack of suspicion. He easily shot the unsuspecting target … Wiktionary
unsuspecting — adj. Unsuspecting is used with these nouns: ↑prey, ↑victim … Collocations dictionary
unsuspecting — adjective not knowing that something bad is about to happen: unsuspecting victims … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unsuspecting — adjective it s a trap deliberately set for unsuspecting first time buyers Syn: unsuspicious, unwary, unaware, unconscious, ignorant, unwitting; trusting, gullible, credulous, ingenuous, naive, wide eyed Ant: wary … Thesaurus of popular words
