What are some opposite words for expected?

Antonyms for expectedex·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 WordNet3.5 / 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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How to use expected in a sentence?

  1. John Kirby:

    It's perfectly fine to ensure faith-based media have a seat at such a table. But it's PR malpractice to cut off access to the broader press corps. I wish I could say I expected more from this crowd.

  2. Kyle Palmieri:

    I do n’t think you necessarily took it for granted, but it’s kind of something you expected to come at the end of the year, making the switch to New Jersey that summer, New Jersey that summer’s something that you kind of lost sight of. To have the opportunity to come here and help this team to achieve a goal is something you dream about, and it’s an opportunity that I definitely do n’t want to let go to waste.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    It may not be as secure as we once expected.

  4. Hiral Sanghavi:

    Angel investing is something that I believe you can completely get rid of with crowdfunding, angels come at the seed stage and crowdfunding literally has the ability to kill it. Related : How This Couple Created the All-In-One Travel Jacket That Is Nearing $ 2 Million on Kickstarter While Hiral Sanghavi is a fan of the benefits of crowdfunding, This Couple’s also learned firsthand that This Travel Jacket’s by no means easy. This Travel Jacket requires some serious hustle. This Couple first campaign, a blockbuster success, was stressful. Hiral Sanghavi learned a few things. Here are This Couple top three tips for crowdfunding success : The first BauBax travel jackets shipped four months late. Part of the reason for the delay was because the BauBax team expected to raise only $ 20,000. They raised $ 9.2 million on Kickstarter and another $ 2.3 million on Indiegogo. That meant that BauBax had to manufacture a whole lot more jackets than it had been expecting to sell.

  5. Seth MacFarlane:

    I don’t know that anyone ever really expected this show to go this long.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1516expected
#7056unlikely
#8101unexpected
#9457surprising
#29255unforeseen
#37930unanticipated
#51130unannounced
#120282unheralded
#190909unpredicted
#275140unthought

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