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also anticlimactical
as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
Mulligan brought out a comically large, 20-sided die to roll on the floor — and after an anticlimactic miss that the audience voted to be re-rolled — the heroes were triumphant and stunned the dancing dragon.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Sure, there will always be a division race that goes to the wire no matter how many weeks are played but Week 18 was anticlimactic.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
The outcome was disappointing and anticlimactic for a first-of-its-kind legislative attempt at navigating a climate that, especially among certain minority religious communities, seems a full reversal of historic interfaith progress.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
Humans may not be heading back to the moon as soon as NASA had hoped, but that hardly means the year ahead will be anticlimactic.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Sure, there will always be a division race that goes to the wire no matter how many weeks are played but Week 18 was anticlimactic.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
The outcome was disappointing and anticlimactic for a first-of-its-kind legislative attempt at navigating a climate that, especially among certain minority religious communities, seems a full reversal of historic interfaith progress.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
Humans may not be heading back to the moon as soon as NASA had hoped, but that hardly means the year ahead will be anticlimactic.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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Starting on this note reduces the chances that your soon-to-be ex will feel dismissed or unimportant.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the latter, an anthropology student is consumed by her research on a rare female pharaoh that her colleagues dismiss as unimportant.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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So that seems to apply even to sports, something that seems kind of trivial.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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Identifying whether a stock will rise or fall and when that move will happen are not trivial questions.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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What does that look like in what some would be considered as insignificant as a candle?—
Lisa Vernon Sparks,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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Screenings for unrelated conditions can pick up thyroid nodules that are technically cancerous but asymptomatic or clinically insignificant.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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