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as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
Yet the other major mystery of the series, surrounding the possible identity of Ruby Sunday’s mother, felt a little bit anticlimactic when she was unveiled, even though the thought process behind that storyline was touching.
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Scott Bryan, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
That just feels incredibly anticlimactic, especially knowing the lengths Greg went to with having Tanya killed to steal her inheritance.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
But last night’s Season 3 finale proved that the show isn’t above an obvious, anticlimactic ending—and hasn’t quite transcended its original formula.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
And that was long before an annoying anticlimactic introduction, and then dispatching, of a big bad who might as well not be named.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Scott Bryan, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
That just feels incredibly anticlimactic, especially knowing the lengths Greg went to with having Tanya killed to steal her inheritance.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
But last night’s Season 3 finale proved that the show isn’t above an obvious, anticlimactic ending—and hasn’t quite transcended its original formula.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
And that was long before an annoying anticlimactic introduction, and then dispatching, of a big bad who might as well not be named.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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The law at stake might also seem relatively unimportant.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 May 2025
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Protect your time and use something like the Eisenhower Matrix to let go of nonurgent or unimportant activities.—
Denise Russo,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Something as trivial as missing a meeting or forgetting to report a change of address becomes the reason they’re denied a fresh start.—
Robert Melvin,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2025
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The loophole was called de minimis, which is Latin for something trivial and insignificant.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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In the images, the monuments engraved with species’ names rise like canyon walls above tiny, almost insignificant humans.—
Keridwen Cornelius,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Recommended Viewing Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Then come the other members of the Thunderbolts team who have smaller — yet not insignificant — roles in the movie.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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