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anticlimax (?ænt??kla?mæks)

— n
1. a disappointing or ineffective conclusion to a series of events, etc
2. a sudden change from a serious subject to one that is disappointing or ludicrous
3. rhetoric a descent in discourse from the significant or important to the trivial, inconsequential, etc

anticlimactic

— adj

anticli'mactically

— adv

It was a warm summer day and I was pleased to be offered apple pie with Ice cream. When it  arrived I picked up my spoon in anticipation of the delightful dessert when I notices 3 small maggots in an apparent race toward the edge of the dish. Then upon closer examination of the offering , I noticed a myriad of unwelcome hosts including hair, other small bugs and doubtlessly more….but then I respectfully said I had lost my appetite and that I should leave for a neglected responsibility.