Synonyms for expected
ex·pect·ed

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1. expectedadjective

   Antonyms:
   unexpected, unlikely, surprising

2. expectedadjective

   The expected storm never arrived.

   Antonyms:
   surprising, unexpected, unlikely

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. expectedadjective

   considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

   "prepared for the expected attack"

   Antonyms:
   unhoped, unannounced, out of the blue(p), upset(a), unprovided for(p), unthought-of, unforeseen, unexpected, unpredicted, unhoped-for, unlooked-for, unanticipated, unthought, unheralded

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1. List of paraphrases for "expected":

   anticipated, planned, hoped, projected, waited, foreseen, desired, awaited, scheduled, intended, envisaged, wait, predicted, should, forecast, hoped-for, expectations, waiting, expects, predictable, forecasted, provided, looked, due, foreseeable, prescribed, likely

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1. Olivia Goins:

   We're expected to get water in this time.

2. Craig Elder:

   Inflation is moving higher than people expected so Treasury yields are too low, and spreads have now widened out in corporate bonds so you're getting more yield.

3. Peter Dutton:

   If they breach the conditions, they're subject to enforcement action, like anyone else, they're expected to operate within the law, and enforcement action will take place to identify those people and to deport them if they don't self-declare.

4. Edward Moya:

   Continued yuan depreciation should be expected, albeit in a staggered pace. Beijing is likely to tolerate further weakness and we could see another 5 % before the end of the year, the US is likely to counter the breach of the critical 7 level to the dollar with verbal intervention. Currency wars are taking center stage.

5. Tim Ghriskey:

   It was basically as expected, but it certainly shows weak growth in the quarter.