Accidental and Expected

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Accidental adjective - Happening by chance.

Usage example: finding the gold was all the more remarkable because its discovery was entirely accidental

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Expected is an antonym for accidental in topics: unintentional, happening unexpectedly.

Nearby Words: accident, accidentally, accidence

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

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Accidental is an antonym for expected.

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