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anticlimactic

[an-tee-klahy-mak-tik, -kluh-, an-tahy-]

adjective

of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.

Origin:
1895–1900; anti + climactic

Related forms

an·ti·cli·mac·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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anticlimax (ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks)

—n
1.	a disappointing or ineffective conclusion to a series of events, etc
2.	a sudden change from a serious subject to one that is disappointing or ludicrous
3.	rhetoric a descent in discourse from the significant or important to the trivial, inconsequential, etc

anticlimactic

—*adj*

anticli'mactically

—*adv*

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