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unsuˈspecting, ppl. a.
[un-1 10, 5 d.]
Not suspecting; not harbouring any suspicion.
1595Daniel Civil Wars iv. lxxiii, He such deepe aduise applide..To circumuent an vnsuspecting wight, Before he could discerne of their despight. 1703Rowe Fair Penit. ii. ii. 594 My unsuspecting, valiant, honest Friend. 1703― Ulysses i. i, Temper..open as the Day and unsuspecting. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xii. I. 339 They..indulged their appetite for revenge and plunder, by frequent descents on the unsuspecting shores of Asia, Greece, and Africa. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel iii. 160 [His] simple unsuspecting trust..in the Romans. 1891Farrar Darkn. & Dawn xxxiii, He..ventured to make her an unsuspecting agent in his little plot.
b. Const. of, or with direct object.
1654R. Codrington tr. Iustine xiii. 221 The Traytors..unsuspecting their advance..were assaulted themselves. 1725Pope Odyssey ix. 522 He felt their fleeces..and let them safely go, All unsuspecting of their freight below. 1758Goldsm. Mem. Protestant (1895) II. 108, I had the Pleasure of seeing them, unsuspecting my Design, and greedily catching at the seeming Victory. 1838Foster Ess. (1844) I. 565 To take this step..unsuspecting of the advantage that would be taken of a needy youth. 1885Fargus Slings & Arrows 114 The moment when, utterly unsuspecting of our contiguity, Eustace Grant would find himself confronted by me.
Hence unsuˈspectingness.
1883H. James Portr. Places xii. 253 Her quiet-eyed unsuspectingness only makes her the more a part of his delicate entertainment. |