adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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derisory comments
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Government increases in health expenditure are derisory .
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The company's profits increased 35%, but they've only offered a derisory 2.5% pay increase.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All my attention focused on the commissioning fee, which I regarded as derisory .
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And only a derisory 3% said they would want to live in Oxford after the war.
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First, a derisory vote, after a contest creating a lot of thoroughly unhelpful aggravation.
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I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff.
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In last week's case Jackson was fined a derisory £900 on three charges involving an Austin Montego.
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That is a derisory total for a committee monitoring agreements on tobacco advertising and sponsorship.
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The number of peasant members was derisory .
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This crude critical ploy is derisory .