Expected and Lucky

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Expected

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

Lucky

Lucky adjective - Coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly.
Usage example: finding this $20 bill on the way to the candy store was a lucky break
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Expected is an antonym for lucky.
Nearby Words: luck, luckily, luckiness, lucking, lucked
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  • Discussed in Calvin and Hobbes when Calvin is complaining to Susie how lucky she is to be a girl and not be expected to play sports, to which she comments, "On the other hand, boys aren't expected to be 20 pounds underweight."
    Source: Hollywood Pudgy
  • Series / Kings Deus ex Machina: Some of David's escapes are a little too lucky to be anything else... but then, this being the story it is, that's only to be expected.
    Source: Series / Kings
  • Literature / The Lost Stars Earn Your Happy Ending: Rogero and Bradamont, neither of which ever expected to actually pursue a relationship together, but who were lucky enough to be able.
    Source: Literature / The Lost Stars
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