anticlimactic

variants also anticlimactical
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic 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 Only two of those spots remain unclaimed, but that hardly makes this Decision Day anticlimactic. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anticlimactic 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
  • Appearance is unimportant and, apparently, so are some of the themes.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
  • These seemingly unimportant details often hold the key to designing solutions that truly work.
    Goran Paun, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • When not dithering on about trivial matters, matriarch Ella (Leena Uotila) fusses over her spouse’s drinking habits.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Its legacy software business also converts earnings into bitcoin, though this is a trivial source of MicroStrategy’s current revenues.
    Edan Yago, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • And these molecular changes aren’t insignificant to our health—they were seen in molecules related to cardiovascular disease, skin and muscle health, immune regulation, and kidney function, among others.
    Lauryn Higgins, Health, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Appleby claimed in his report that there was no evidence that suicides among affected youth rose after Tavistock was closed and that fluctuations in the data were statistically insignificant.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 11 Dec. 2024

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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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