Incidental and Predictable

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Incidental adjective - Happening by chance.

Usage example: an incidental meeting of two ships in the middle of the Atlantic

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Predictable is an antonym for incidental.

Nearby Words: incident, incidence, incidentally

Predictable adjective - Capable of being foretold.

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Incidental is an antonym for predictable.

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