anticlimactic
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ti adjective
of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
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anticlimax (ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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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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