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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
His spot on this roster was always going to be the most obvious and anticlimactic.
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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
But in anticlimactic fashion, the game ended on a controversial foul that sent Phoenix star Alyssa Thomas to the free throw line with a second left.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
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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
But in anticlimactic fashion, the game ended on a controversial foul that sent Phoenix star Alyssa Thomas to the free throw line with a second left.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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After Princeton and military service, he was sent to the Paris bureau, where his scoops and reviews forced designers to alter their view of Women’s Wear Daily as unimportant.—
James Fallon,
Footwear News,
10 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,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In Belly’s case, making the Paris decision—let alone the decision of which brother to be with—involves critical-thinking skills and a sense of self, neither of which is a trivial quality.—
Greta Rainbow,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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More nuanced public health messaging could follow, helping to avoid unnecessary fear over trivial exposures.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That attention to detail — the belief that no detail is insignificant — is responsible for the career of the most famous man in football.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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During the 1980s, mainframe engineers considered personal computers to be insignificant devices.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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