unsuspicious

sus·pi·cious

[suh-spish-uhs]
adjective
1.
tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
2.
inclined to suspect, especially inclined to suspect evil; distrustful: a suspicious tyrant.
3.
full of or feeling suspicion.
4.
expressing or indicating suspicion: a suspicious glance.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin suspīciōsus, equivalent to suspīci- (see suspicion) + -ōsus -ous

sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
hy·per·sus·pi·cious, adjective
hy·per·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
hy·per·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
o·ver·sus·pi·cious, adjective
o·ver·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
o·ver·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
pre·sus·pi·cious, adjective
pre·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
pre·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
self-sus·pi·cious, adjective
su·per·sus·pi·cious, adjective
su·per·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
su·per·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
un·sus·pi·cious, adjective
un·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
un·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun


1. suspect, dubious, doubtful. 2. mistrustful, wary, disbelieving.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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suspicious (səˈspɪʃəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  exciting or liable to excite suspicion; questionable
2.  disposed to suspect something wrong
3.  indicative or expressive of suspicion
 
sus'piciously
 
adv
 
sus'piciousness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

suspicious
"deserving of or exciting suspicion," mid-14c., from O.Fr. suspecious, from L. suspiciosus "exciting suspicion" (see suspicion). Meaning "full of or inclined to feel suspicion" is attested from c.1400. Edgar Allan Poe (c.1845) proposed suspectful to take one of the two conflicting senses.
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