unsuspected

unsuspected
unsuspectedly, adv.unsuspectedness, n.
/un'seuh spek"tid/, adj.
1. not regarded or considered with suspicion: unsuspected in the crime.
2. not imagined to exist: a person of unsuspected talents.
[1520-30; UN-1 + SUSPECT + -ED2]

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