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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
So the European summit in Brussels was anticlimactic.
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Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
The voting window for the 2025-26 NBA All-Stars ended Wednesday, and the results will be of particular interest in Denver this year — even with Jokic’s inclusion being anticlimactic.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
Everybody but Lisa has put her on trial, and the season ends on this anticlimactic divide.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
By the end of the year, then, the idea of doing disco-ball-dressing seems anticlimactic.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025
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Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
The voting window for the 2025-26 NBA All-Stars ended Wednesday, and the results will be of particular interest in Denver this year — even with Jokic’s inclusion being anticlimactic.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
Everybody but Lisa has put her on trial, and the season ends on this anticlimactic divide.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
By the end of the year, then, the idea of doing disco-ball-dressing seems anticlimactic.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anticlimactic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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Some people are surrounded by care and still feel chronically unimportant.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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One of the votes at issue was about a project in Bonin’s district that sailed through the council, with Price’s vote unimportant to the project’s outcome.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And what may be trivial to you may be important enough to Mamdani to not be changed.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Join us in guessing the outcome of mostly trivial questions about Super Bowl LX.—
Brandon Funston,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The shifts from one poll to another have been almost insignificant in isolation and easily within the surveys’ margin of error.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The day before Thanksgiving his daughter, out of the blue, verbally attacked me over something insignificant.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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