laughable
adjective
laugh·able
ˈla-fə-bəl 
ˈlä-
: of a kind to provoke laughter or sometimes derision : amusingly ridiculous
laughableness
noun
Examples of laughable in a Sentence
His attempt at skiing was laughable.
the laughable, boisterous antics of the circus clowns
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Cory Smith, Outside, 25 Oct. 2025
This is the kind of overwrought language that even sympathetic readers like me find laughable.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Conversely, Kittle runs straight into an Atlanta defense that has been, statistically, the best in the NFL against tight ends, allowing a laughable 17 yards per game to the position.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
In an exclusive 2018 interview with PEOPLE, Knightley shared a laughable moment between her husband and their elder daughter — young Edie said the f-word after her dad came just shy of crashing the car with the family inside.
—Erica Marrison, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Laughable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laughable. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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laughable
adjective
laugh·able
ˈlaf-ə-bəl
ˈlȧf-
: causing laughter or scorn : ridiculous
laughableness
noun
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