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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
But in the wake of that buildup, the film's shockingly anticlimactic ending also feels like somewhat of a cop-out.
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Instead, it was relegated to yet another anticlimactic episode of What Might Have Been.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2025
When Icelandic upstart Play Airlines abruptly shut down operations last week, canceling all flights, the news felt almost anticlimactic.
—Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 6 Oct. 2025
In French’s telling, Ghanaian independence feels almost inevitable—the British never had a feasible plan to stop it—and so its arrival is oddly anticlimactic.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Instead, it was relegated to yet another anticlimactic episode of What Might Have Been.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2025
When Icelandic upstart Play Airlines abruptly shut down operations last week, canceling all flights, the news felt almost anticlimactic.
—Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 6 Oct. 2025
In French’s telling, Ghanaian independence feels almost inevitable—the British never had a feasible plan to stop it—and so its arrival is oddly anticlimactic.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anticlimactic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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If they were considered unimportant to the team’s chances of success, Zidane and Ancelotti did not worry too much if their feelings got hurt.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Mike Vrabel says his history there is unimportant.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This, of course, is trivial compared to the risk the Colorado River Basin’s shrinking snowpack poses to nearly every Southwest settlement, livelihood and life form that relies on its steady trickle downstream.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Misreading facial expressions isn’t trivial.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The ‘major questions’ doctrine, a principle way to interpret statutes, prevents Congress from hiding major powers in insignificant laws.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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That demographic, not insignificant, isn’t directly pandered to and might wonder how Alexander Hamilton could be treated as a historical footnote.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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