Expected and Incidental

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Expected

Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
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Incidental is an antonym for expected.
Nearby Words: expectation, expecting, expectance, expectable

Incidental

Incidental adjective - Happening by chance.
Usage example: an incidental meeting of two ships in the middle of the Atlantic
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Expected is an antonym for incidental.
Nearby Words: incident, incidence, incidentally
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