unsuspicious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not suspecting danger, deception, or another person's motives; trusting or unaware

   The unsuspicious traveler handed his bag to the stranger without hesitation.

2. 2
   adj

   not arousing suspicion; appearing ordinary or innocent

   The parcel looked unsuspicious until the scanner revealed a hidden compartment.

Formed from un- + suspicious. Suspicious came through French from Latin suspiciosus, based on suspicio ("mistrust, suspicion"). The negative adjective developed two orientations: a person who suspects nothing and a thing that gives no cause for suspicion.

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