Expected and Inadvertent

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Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.

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Inadvertent is an antonym for expected.

Inadvertent adjective - Happening by chance.

Usage example: an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush

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Expected is an antonym for inadvertent.

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