variants 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 . —
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 See All Example Sentences for anticlimactic
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 See All Example Sentences for anticlimactic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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There’s no unimportant royal gossip, apparently.— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Jones noted those were not trivial sums for working families of the era.— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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The novel swings between the trivial and the dire, and in her bleakest moments Adora leans on the Stoics for guidance, thinking, C’mon, boys, don’t fail me now!— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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To the uninitiated, the distinction may seem insignificant.— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
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That's not an insignificant sum.— Chris Brennan, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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