Expected
Rotten
Rotten adjective - Having undergone organic breakdown.
Expected and rotten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expected" instead an adjective "Rotten".
Nearby Words: rottenness, rottenly
Both words in one sentence
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In Something Rotten, a professional croquet team includes a squad of lawyers, since Rules Lawyering is a significant (and expected) part of the game in that universe.
Source: Rules Lawyer - The rotten children, after hearing the contents of the will, are of course very shocked and very angry for not getting nearly what they expected — especially if Alice was the Self-Made Man, and did not get it from her family.
Source: Passed-Over Inheritance -
As can be expected, everything goes horribly wrong in the most hilarious manner possible.A perennial Christmas favorite, the film received mixed positive critical reception, earning a solid 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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