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
For roughly one minute, a Florida man unexpectedly rained blows upon an unsuspecting passenger aboard a cross-country flight heading from San Francisco toward Washington, D.C., on Monday afternoon, a federal agent alleged.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
An unsuspecting moon lurking in our solar system has a secret ocean of water that might even harbor extraterrestrial life, scientists have suggested.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
But when dangerous figures from his past track him down, Dan is forced to take his unsuspecting family on the run to Las Vegas.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
The organized collectivist ants making their way underground were the threat hiding among unsuspecting Americans.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
An unsuspecting moon lurking in our solar system has a secret ocean of water that might even harbor extraterrestrial life, scientists have suggested.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
But when dangerous figures from his past track him down, Dan is forced to take his unsuspecting family on the run to Las Vegas.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
The organized collectivist ants making their way underground were the threat hiding among unsuspecting Americans.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsuspecting
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Dimon went on to say that the United States needed to avoid being naive and allowing larger global events to play out without any intervention.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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In a bloody good mix of horror comedy and murder mystery, Sam Richardson plays a naive but good-hearted forest ranger new to a small Vermont town out to catch a killer (who may or may not be a werewolf) among the various kooky residents. 55.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Investigators believe the two men who were injured were innocent bystanders, police said.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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The message was clear: Even if your group is defined by targeting innocent people, the Biden-Harris White House will bestow the same legitimacy upon you as any nation-state by granting you a seat at the negotiating table.Pat Fallon, National Review, 3 Nov. 2024
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If peace has always been but a simple voluntary choice, the price of human imperfection has been paid in the coin of perpetual war.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Or that a different definition will make a theory simpler.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
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Some of these bad actors are even setting up fake Hugging Face profiles to pose as Meta or other technology companies to lure downloads from the unwary, according to Swanson.Iain Martin, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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To joke about faking the moon landing while faking romance is a twisted attempt at keeping us gullible and unwary.Armond White, National Review, 17 July 2024
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“Unsuspecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsuspecting. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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