anticlimactic

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.

   After all the build up, the ending of the story was an anticlimactic letdown.

Similar words

anticlimactical falling anticlimatic climaxless underawing dismal desultory abortive lackluster uneventful

Often followed by

and to after in ending for end as conclusion

Word family

anticlimactical anticlimactically