anticlimactic

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

/ ˌæn ti klaɪˈmæk tɪk, -klə-, ˌæn taɪ- /

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of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.

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First recorded in 1895–1900; anti + climactic

an·ti·cli·mac·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
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A few years back, designer John Galliano was fined by the government for sharing just such anti-semitic sentiments in public.
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The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.
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Charles “Father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.
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The anti-crime cops began searching the likely path of flight.
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To give him a party name, he became an anti-clerical, strictly in a political and lawful sense.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Martini appeared from his little anti-room, with a lamp in his hand, as the prison clock struck ten.
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The unoccupied pallet of Martini lay in one corner of this miserable anti-room.
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He sincerely hates all anti-tobaccoites and has a supreme disgust for the memory of King James I. and all royal foes of the plant.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Let no opportunity be missed of exposing the true character of the vile and selfish agitators of the Anti-corn-law league.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various