risible
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It’s clear that George has married above himself, but his shortcomings come off as risible rather than oppressive, and it’s hard not to feel protective of him as he’s being pummeled to a pulp.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
The idea that it can roam the globe on its own, ending wars with no base of power or authority, is risible.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026
Among his more risible claims is that 29 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were lay ministers.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2023
Certainly, the glass eye he uses has made him only more risible to them.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023
Europe was in transports of laughter at a country proclaiming human liberty, while clinging to all the traditions of slavery, and her risible faculties were really excusable in face of such a paradox.
From Abraham Lincoln's Religion by Peters, Madison Clinton
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