anticlimactic

Adjective

Meaning

of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style

coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot

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The closer they come to the object of desire the more reluctant they are to grasp it. The search is the thing. The process is the purpose. The final mystery can only be anticlimactic. The story is ended. Ian McDonald

He wasn't surprised. He was used to this anticlimactic feeling, where by the time you've done all the work to get something you don't even want it anymore. Lev Grossman

everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic Source: Internet

An anticlimactic end of a relaxing and beautiful trip trough the natural splendor of the Xiling gorge. Source: Internet

The meal was a bit of an anticlimactic end to an otherwise fantastic food trip, but it unmistakably comes with the territory. Source: Internet

Mary Claire's character suffers a clumsily quick onset of religion, and the postscript by God is anticlimactic and moralistic (although the temptation to give God the last word is perfectly forgivable). Source: Internet

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