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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

highly favourable

all over someone

over-appreciative

cloyingly sweet

disproportionate

overextravagant

apple-polishing

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

less-than-stellar

not up to standard

unfavourable^UK

a load of pants

bargain-basement

cheap and nasty

less than ideal

not up to expectations

leaving much to be desired

foolish-looking

ill-favoured^UK

no great shakes

leaving a lot to be desired

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

nothing to get excited about

nothing to write home about

unsophisticated

no great shakes

past their sell-by date

standardized^US

conventionalized

standardised^UK

readily available

widely available

run of the mill

common or garden

dull as dishwater

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Adjective

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment

feather-brained

incomprehensible

out of the question

mentally incompetent

dead from the neck up

extremely foolish

stupidly irresponsible

off your trolley

wet behind the ears

as thick as two short planks

mentally defective

devoid of intelligence

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

out of the ordinary

inconsequential

counterintuitive

self-contradictory

hard to swallow

ill-thought-out

without rhyme or reason

out of this world

unsubstantiated

worthy of scorn

beyond all reason

out of all reason

not well thought out

without foundation

not making sense

won't hold water

taking the cake

off beaten path

never to be forgotten

good-for-nothing

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