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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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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
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That level of discipline is not common in retail, especially when outsiders think the business is unimportant.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Truth Teller reporters repeatedly go undercover to nail down relatively trivial scoops, appearing, in the process, to flagrantly violate the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guidelines.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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Directed by Sammi Cohen, this film centers on Stacy Friedman (Sunny Sandler — Adam's younger daughter), whose bat mitzvah plans are hilariously derailed by trivial mishaps.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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