laughable
adjective
laugh·able
ˈla-fə-bəl 
ˈlä-
: of a kind to provoke laughter or sometimes derision : amusingly ridiculous
laughableness
noun
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Examples of laughable in a Sentence
His attempt at skiing was laughable.
the laughable, boisterous antics of the circus clowns
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Green Bay gained just 60 first half yards in 34 plays, a laughable average of 1.76 yards per play.
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Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
For Pogačar, these lofty goals seem achievable rather than laughable.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
The spin made him into a laughable Uncle Joe, a cartoon who likes aviator sunglasses and ice cream.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
At his peak, Salah, who plays a similar position to Vinicius Junior, regularly scored well over 30 goals, and in a far harder division, to compare one of his best years with the one the Brazillian just had is laughable.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
For Pogačar, these lofty goals seem achievable rather than laughable.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
The spin made him into a laughable Uncle Joe, a cartoon who likes aviator sunglasses and ice cream.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
At his peak, Salah, who plays a similar position to Vinicius Junior, regularly scored well over 30 goals, and in a far harder division, to compare one of his best years with the one the Brazillian just had is laughable.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Laughable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laughable. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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laughable
adjective
laugh·able
ˈlaf-ə-bəl
ˈlȧf-
: causing laughter or scorn : ridiculous
laughableness
noun
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