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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
The anticlimactic contest between two West also-rans missing three All-Stars tips off at 7 p.m. PT.
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
After competing to see who could thread a cushion full of needles the quickest (which still managed to be more exciting than Squid Game: The Challenge's anticlimactic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors), the final three took their places behind their boxes for one final game.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Saw doesn’t surrender, but his death during the destruction of Jedha City is an anticlimactic end, far less heroic than how Cassian and Jyn die getting the Death Star’s blueprints in the Rebellion’s hands.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Though most of the games were close, none ended in particularly dramatic fashion, including a 95-93 Game 3 Orlando win that ended with an anticlimactic Boston inbounds play.
—Jay King, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
After competing to see who could thread a cushion full of needles the quickest (which still managed to be more exciting than Squid Game: The Challenge's anticlimactic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors), the final three took their places behind their boxes for one final game.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Saw doesn’t surrender, but his death during the destruction of Jedha City is an anticlimactic end, far less heroic than how Cassian and Jyn die getting the Death Star’s blueprints in the Rebellion’s hands.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Though most of the games were close, none ended in particularly dramatic fashion, including a 95-93 Game 3 Orlando win that ended with an anticlimactic Boston inbounds play.
—Jay King, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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The topics change, but the emotional undercurrent stays the same: one or both partners feel unimportant, unseen or unacknowledged.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The most important & unimportant poetry transpires when water & mirror separate you into layers.—
Terrance Hayes,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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However, legal experts say this restriction, like other ethics laws, wouldn’t apply to the President or Vice-President, an exemption that is far from trivial.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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But Philadelphia needs a big upgrade, not a trivial one.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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By contrast, during recessions, employee relations scores are insignificant, and high-CSR firms are able to raise more debt at lower spreads, better credit ratings, and longer maturities.—
Bhakti Mirchandani,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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To read and advocate for books during this crisis is a small but not insignificant act of resistance.—
Donna Seaman
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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