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whimper

 (n): a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
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about 1 year ago SonofGroucho said:

"This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper."

From "The Hollow Men" by TS Eliot.

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