If you describe a situation or event as ~, you mean that it is so silly or extreme that you are unable to take it seriously.
...a ~ nine months’ jail sentence imposed yesterday on a killer.
ADJ disapproval
If you describe a situation or event as ~, you mean that it is so silly or extreme that you are unable to take it seriously.
...a ~ nine months’ jail sentence imposed yesterday on a killer.
ADJ disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012