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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
Also, psilocybin may be headed for approval despite mildly anticlimactic remission rates, and Ocular’s wet AMD drug does .
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Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026
Would that be an anticlimactic way of determining a roster spot compared to six weeks of fiery competition?
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Instead, the team of slightly younger Americans routed the team of slightly older Americans in an anticlimactic finale.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Edwards claimed his first All-Star MVP trophy — an award named for Kobe Bryant — with that tying 3-pointer to cap a 13-point effort in the first game, an 11-point performance in the second, and eight points in the anticlimactic final.
—ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
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Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026
Would that be an anticlimactic way of determining a roster spot compared to six weeks of fiery competition?
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Instead, the team of slightly younger Americans routed the team of slightly older Americans in an anticlimactic finale.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Edwards claimed his first All-Star MVP trophy — an award named for Kobe Bryant — with that tying 3-pointer to cap a 13-point effort in the first game, an 11-point performance in the second, and eight points in the anticlimactic final.
—ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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There’s no unimportant royal gossip, apparently.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Apr. 2026
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If however, we were often criticized and made to feel unimportant, our self-talk may be more negative.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Trotsky’s arguments about revolution in one nation versus a revolution of the international proletariat, like the fine argumentative tracery of Paul’s Jewish Christians versus Greek ones, seemed vital to the movement at the time but weirdly trivial and abstract to those outside it.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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This might all seem trivial, but a mere annoyance compounds when it must be repeated every week for the rest of your life.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That's not an insignificant sum.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Now that the Clippers have lost in the play-in, their pick will go into the draft lottery, and the Thunder will have a not-insignificant chance at a top-four pick.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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