Expected
Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Unintended is an antonym for expected.
Unintended
Unintended adjective - Happening by chance.
Usage example: backyard digging that resulted in unintended damage to buried phone wires
Nearby Word: unintentional
Both words in one sentence
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Gets a possibly unintended lampshade when an Imperial officer complains about the speed at which he's expected to finish the project.
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It's likely that Manus and the Four Kings were unable to control their humanity when Kaathe expected them to be strong enough to, and the spread of the Abyss was an unintended consequence.
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