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Characterized by or pertaining to overdone attempts to inspire pathos

Producing a disappointing and unintentional effect of anticlimax

Hackneyed or trite

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment

Adjective

Characterized by or pertaining to overdone attempts to inspire pathos

over-sentimental

oversentimental

hearts-and-flowers

overenthusiastic

over-enthusiastic

laid on with a trowel

all over someone

over-appreciative

cloyingly sweet

disproportionate

overextravagant

apple-polishing

highly favourable

forelock-tugging

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“With its energetic cast and insistent street score, it still manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic, and violent without being exploitative.”

Adjective

Producing a disappointing and unintentional effect of anticlimax

not good enough

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

not all it's cracked up to be

dissatisfactory

a load of pants

unfavourable^UK

less-than-stellar

not up to standard

bargain-basement

cheap and nasty

less than ideal

not up to expectations

leaving much to be desired

foolish-looking

no great shakes

leaving a lot to be desired

ill-favoured^UK

of poor quality

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“The four false endings are a bathetic anti-climax, but Jackson's journey benefits from the lulls.”

Adjective

Hackneyed or trite

run-of-the-mill

undistinguished

middle-of-the-road

common or garden

nothing to write home about

no great shakes

dull as dishwater

lacking variety

non-stimulating

run of the mill

past their sell-by date

inconsequential

lacking variation

lacking excitement

lacking interest

nothing to get excited about

nothing special

standardized^US

conventionalized

standardised^UK

unsophisticated

unexceptionable

blending into the background

run-of-the-mine

of little consequence

of little importance

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

neither one thing nor the other

readily available

widely available

dull as ditchwater

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Adjective

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment

mentally incompetent

extremely foolish

stupidly irresponsible

out of the question

taking the cake

non compos mentis

of unsound mind

sick in the head

mad as a hatter

stark raving mad

away with the fairies

nutty as a fruitcake

foaming at the mouth

mad as a March hare

round the twist

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

out of one's head

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