anticlimactic

adjective

an·ti·cli·mac·tic

ˌan-tē-klī-ˈmak-tik,

-klə-,

ˌan-ˌtī-

variants or less commonly anticlimactical

ˌan-tē-klī-ˈmak-ti-kəl,

ˌan-ˌtī-

Synonyms of anticlimactic next

: of, relating to, or marked by anticlimax

anticlimactically

ˌan-tē-klī-ˈmak-ti-ti-k(ə-)lē

ˌan-ˌtī-

adverb

Examples of anticlimactic in a Sentence

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The Biden administration walked away from two mass student loan forgiveness plans on Friday, marking an anticlimactic end to the efforts to enact broad student debt relief. —

Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 The bold assertions of a former president at a Southern Baptist Convention seminary that the institution disparagingly made statements about financial mismanagement ended with an anticlimactic, $0 legal settlement following new revelations that emerged in discovery. —

Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Considering how expensive, well… everything is these days, the return of the Black Friday holiday shopping weekend might feel a little anticlimactic. —

Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024 Hot, though not Nicholaw-level precise) toward an anticlimactic finale. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anticlimactic