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as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
That scene takes a moralistic, anticlimactic turn — as does the movie itself, which goes to a lot of trouble to diagnose an institutional problem only to propose an individual solution.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
In the theatre, though, peals of laughter drowned out Melton’s cries and the scene’s devastatingly anticlimactic end.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Without going into spoilers, Yasuke’s conclusion is satisfying, but Naoe’s is more anticlimactic.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
If the famous pistol scene feels a bit anticlimactic, the end of the play distills a shattering feeling of longing for something long lost.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
In the theatre, though, peals of laughter drowned out Melton’s cries and the scene’s devastatingly anticlimactic end.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Without going into spoilers, Yasuke’s conclusion is satisfying, but Naoe’s is more anticlimactic.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
If the famous pistol scene feels a bit anticlimactic, the end of the play distills a shattering feeling of longing for something long lost.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anticlimactic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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The law at stake might also seem relatively unimportant.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 May 2025
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Protect your time and use something like the Eisenhower Matrix to let go of nonurgent or unimportant activities.—
Denise Russo,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Something as trivial as missing a meeting or forgetting to report a change of address becomes the reason they’re denied a fresh start.—
Robert Melvin,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2025
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The loophole was called de minimis, which is Latin for something trivial and insignificant.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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In the images, the monuments engraved with species’ names rise like canyon walls above tiny, almost insignificant humans.—
Keridwen Cornelius,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Recommended Viewing Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Then come the other members of the Thunderbolts team who have smaller — yet not insignificant — roles in the movie.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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