“prepared for the expected attack”
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anticipated, awaited, hoped-for
expected hopefully
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due
scheduled to arrive
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expectable
to be expected
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matter-of-course
expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome
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unsurprising
not causing surprise
- Antonyms:
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unexpected
not expected or anticipated
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unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted
without warning or announcement
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out of the blue, unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for
not anticipated
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unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of
so unexpected as to have not been imagined
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unprovided for
not prepared or ready for
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upset
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
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surprising
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
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