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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
New York Giants great Carl Banks got into a social media spat with radio personality Gregg Giannotti on Monday as the reaction to the New York Knicks’ season ending in anticlimactic fashion poured in.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
In one sense, Boston’s four consecutive wins to come back from a 3-0 series deficit and shock the Yankees happened in an anticlimactic order.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
These questions are resolved, more or less, in an anticlimactic wrap-up that yields the relatively meager payoff of Lilian learning to be a better listener and a more accepting mother.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
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
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
In one sense, Boston’s four consecutive wins to come back from a 3-0 series deficit and shock the Yankees happened in an anticlimactic order.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
These questions are resolved, more or less, in an anticlimactic wrap-up that yields the relatively meager payoff of Lilian learning to be a better listener and a more accepting mother.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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Porter County Attorney Scott McClure stressed that the label of barndominium was technically unimportant as the percentage of the structure given over to storage was the true classifying characteristic.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, Defendant’s failure to remedy his harassment sent a message that women’s complaints were unimportant further creating a hostile environment.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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This makes perfect sense as some expectations, especially trivial and old-fashioned etiquette, are no longer relevant in today's modern world.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
29 July 2025
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And nothing’s too trivial, including comparing his inauguration attendance with that of President Barack Obama.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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Some writers and artists have used generative AI to interesting effect, but such experiments arguably have been insignificant next to the torrent of slop that is already drowning out human voices on the internet.—
Alex Reisner,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2025
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Their nervous systems treated it as a neutral, even insignificant event instead of interpreting it as a personal danger.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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