Expected and Premature

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Expected

Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Usage example: the children did their chores, but not without the expected whining
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Premature is an antonym for expected.
Nearby Words: expectation, expecting, expectance, expectable

Premature

Premature adjective - Occurring before the usual or expected time.
Usage example: his premature arrival at his own surprise party almost ruined everything
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Expected is an antonym for premature.
Nearby Words: prematurely, prematurity
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  • None of the games individually were primarily responsible for the premature end, but altogether the games didn't perform as well as expected.
    Source: Franchise Killer / Video Games
  • Three-Month-Old Newborn Using older babies to represent the newborn Dionne girls, who were two months premature, and small for that, would have been ridiculous, and defeatist as well, since it's a major portion of the first half-hour of the film that the girls are tiny, premature, and not expected to live.
    Source: Three-Month-Old Newborn
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Premature and Expected. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expected/premature
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