anticlimactic
adjUK /ˌantɪjklɑjˈmaktɪk/
Etymology From anti- + climactic.
1
Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.
- After all the build up, the ending of the story was an anticlimactic letdown.
- Derived terms
- anticlimactically
- Related terms
- anticlimax