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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in anticlimactic circumstances as rival Jannik Sinner retired due to illness just 23 minutes into the match.
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George Ramsay, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
His spot on this roster was always going to be the most obvious and anticlimactic.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
Though the ending was anticlimactic, Poirier was dominating the fight before the injury and moved to 2-1 in the rivalry.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
To say his promotion after Mike McCarthy’s exit was an anticlimactic surprise would be an understatement.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2025
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George Ramsay, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
His spot on this roster was always going to be the most obvious and anticlimactic.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
Though the ending was anticlimactic, Poirier was dominating the fight before the injury and moved to 2-1 in the rivalry.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
To say his promotion after Mike McCarthy’s exit was an anticlimactic surprise would be an understatement.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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That may seem like a small and unimportant distinction to the non-Macca-heads among us.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Those tests that pick up most cancers tend to pick up other unimportant things as well — and those screening tests that are limited to discovering cancer often miss many people with the disease.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For Washington, this was no trivial matter.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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Afterward, a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) investigation concluded that the economic impact was small, but not trivial.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Probably not, but those HBO dramas, one a reasonably large success and the other a large failure, represent a not-insignificant portion of Scorsese’s output from the past 15 years.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Oct. 2025
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The taxes and fees for these awards aren’t insignificant.—
Meghan Hunter,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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