anticlimactic

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"What I concluded was anticlimactic, there was nothing there, nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped, all I saw was personal stuff, some clerical stuff from when she was governor ….

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  1. coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot
  2. of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style

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  • "That was pretty anticlimactic," Antonia bitched on our way out. —  MaryJanice Davidson - Betsy 07 - Undead and Unworthy
  • Almost anticlimactic, Jim thought, as the Southern Cross slid majestically into the darker northern waters bound for her last port of call. —  The Chronicles Of Pern: First Fall
  • The best bargain most of them could make was simply a promise that they wouldn't be sent back home--and they took that It was all rather anticlimactic, and it got worse. —  COPYRIGHT 1940, 1947, 1948
  • The first time I read the strip I thought it was decidedly anticlimactic, even though it looked from the drawing like a cliffhanger of some sort. —  The Comics Curmudgeon
  • -- Please resist any temptation to call it anticlimactic, a multi-car pileup won by the least-damaged vehicle, a classic movie with a clumsy ending, a spectacular piece of drama ultimately doused by Rae's Creek and sabotaged by mental blunders.
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