an·ti·cli·mac·tic

[an-tee-klahy-mak-tik, -kluh-, an-tahy-]
adjective
of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.

Origin:
1895–1900; anti + climactic

an·ti·cli·mac·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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anticlimax (ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Anticlimactic is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Example sentences
The unveiling would be anticlimactic, even disappointing.
Bump after anticlimactic bump shook off the few grim survivors.
Amid a flash of fireworks, what's left of him falls to the ground in an
  anticlimactic slump.
Almost anticlimactic was his finding that the means used to withhold labor were
  also not unlawful.
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