Antonyms of adj unanticipated

1 sense of unanticipated

Sense 1
unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue (predicate) -- (not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue")

INDIRECT (VIA unexpected) -> expected -- (considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack")

Similarity of adj unanticipated

1 sense of unanticipated

Sense 1
unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue (predicate) -- (not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue")
       => unexpected (vs. expected) -- (not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news")