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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
Also, psilocybin may be headed for approval despite mildly anticlimactic remission rates, and Ocular’s wet AMD drug does .
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Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026
Would that be an anticlimactic way of determining a roster spot compared to six weeks of fiery competition?
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Instead, the team of slightly younger Americans routed the team of slightly older Americans in an anticlimactic finale.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Edwards claimed his first All-Star MVP trophy — an award named for Kobe Bryant — with that tying 3-pointer to cap a 13-point effort in the first game, an 11-point performance in the second, and eight points in the anticlimactic final.
—ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
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Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026
Would that be an anticlimactic way of determining a roster spot compared to six weeks of fiery competition?
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Instead, the team of slightly younger Americans routed the team of slightly older Americans in an anticlimactic finale.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Edwards claimed his first All-Star MVP trophy — an award named for Kobe Bryant — with that tying 3-pointer to cap a 13-point effort in the first game, an 11-point performance in the second, and eight points in the anticlimactic final.
—ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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If however, we were often criticized and made to feel unimportant, our self-talk may be more negative.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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But until that moment, the one when Towns sank a seemingly unimportant bucket during what turned into a 49-point decimation of the 76ers, those types of shots had evaporated.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But finding spare money is not a trivial task.—
Nara Parameswaran,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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Maintaining that orchestration; keeping updates stable and synchronized; is not trivial.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There were 9,500 births to mothers who reported a foreign address, which is statistically insignificant.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
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This is not insignificant, as delaying parenthood tends to affect the number of children a mother has.—
Manuela Castro,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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