anticlimactic

variants also anticlimactical

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of anticlimactic His final at-bat: An anticlimactic pop up to center field for the third out in the ninth. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025 The prom itself in American Pie is fairly anticlimactic as far as the completion of the boys’ mission is concerned, and one of them, Jim (Jason Biggs), delivers an impassioned speech about how meaningless the whole enterprise was to begin with. James Mercadante, EW.com, 17 May 2025 Despite a $1 billion shortfall that had to be plugged, the $55 billion budget proved to be anticlimactic, largely hewing to the outline Gov. JB Pritzker offered in February. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025 Yet, even that closing portion left plenty to be desired, since the low-key ending felt pretty anticlimactic compared to the razzle-dazzle from earlier in the evening. Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for anticlimactic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
  • The topics change, but the emotional undercurrent stays the same: one or both partners feel unimportant, unseen or unacknowledged.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The most important & unimportant poetry transpires when water & mirror separate you into layers.
    Terrance Hayes, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • However, legal experts say this restriction, like other ethics laws, wouldn’t apply to the President or Vice-President, an exemption that is far from trivial.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • But Philadelphia needs a big upgrade, not a trivial one.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • By contrast, during recessions, employee relations scores are insignificant, and high-CSR firms are able to raise more debt at lower spreads, better credit ratings, and longer maturities.
    Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • To read and advocate for books during this crisis is a small but not insignificant act of resistance.
    Donna Seaman June 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025

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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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