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as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
Ending games on free throws during Unrivaled’s regular season is already anticlimactic compared to the alternative.
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Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
The end was rather anticlimactic, but the overall match was enjoyable with a few good surprises.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Not that Presence ultimately adds up to much — its reveal is anticlimactic — but the fun Soderbergh has toying with our expectations is contagious.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Johnson, who led a Lions offense that scored 33.2 points per game to lead the NFL this past regular season, saw an anticlimactic end to a historic season in the team's Divisional Round loss to the Washington Commanders at home this past weekend.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anticlimactic
Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
The end was rather anticlimactic, but the overall match was enjoyable with a few good surprises.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Not that Presence ultimately adds up to much — its reveal is anticlimactic — but the fun Soderbergh has toying with our expectations is contagious.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Johnson, who led a Lions offense that scored 33.2 points per game to lead the NFL this past regular season, saw an anticlimactic end to a historic season in the team's Divisional Round loss to the Washington Commanders at home this past weekend.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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To those who don’t yet own an EV, a robust infrastructure may seem unimportant.—
Wally Rippel,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Mar. 2025
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Saying that facts are constructed through social processes is not the same as saying facts are unimportant or made up.—
Jacob Hale Russell,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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What’s at risk The impact of an output such as calling a blueberry muffin a chihuahua may seem trivial, but consider the different kinds of technologies that use image recognition systems: An autonomous vehicle that fails to identify objects could lead to a fatal traffic accident.—
Anna Choi,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2025
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The under-the-table payments at the center of the case, which involved sums of up to $100,000, now seem trivial in comparison to the rapidly escalating figures involved in today’s NIL economy.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His drunk mother-in-law, Nan (Jane Curtin), takes too long to share too much insignificant information.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
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No matter how insignificant our individual choices may appear, our choices matter.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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