(1) Many of the region’s politicians are unhappy with the size of the financial offer, with some describing it as “derisory”.
(2) Having sold his once-expensive books of literary theory for a derisory sum, he finds himself in a food store for "the super-gentry of SoHo and Tribeca", where the midsize piece of wild salmon he has selected has just been priced at $78.40 (2001 rates).
(3) Boris Johnson, the London mayor, also made another critical intervention, after previously having suggested the sum paid was “derisory”.
(4) However, the existing such capacity within the multilateral system is derisory.
(5) High interest current accounts Although most easy access accounts pay a derisory rate of around 1%, some high interest savings accounts pay many multiples of that, although they come with conditions.
(6) Labour offered £8 an hour by 2020, which was derisory (as many of us pointed out at the time ), and now you’re kicking off because £9 an hour by 2020 doesn’t quite meet the technical specifics of a “living wage”!
(7) Manchester United have had a joint £28m bid for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines rejected by Everton, with the Merseyside club blasting their rivals for the "insulting and derisory" offer.
(8) Best lines Corbyn cited the Tories’ internal conflict over exactly how successful the Google tax deal is, saying the chancellor described it as a “major success”, the prime minister’s official spokesman called it a “step forward” and the mayor of London labelled it “derisory”.
(9) However, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, was quick to pour scorn on the “derisory” payment, arguing the public would be extremely sceptical about what he warned looked like a “sweetheart deal”.
(10) A "derisory and insulting" joint £28m bid for Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini, followed by hypocritical comments from Moyes over Martínez's refusal to bow down to United, has sadly damaged at a stroke a relationship built over 11 years.
(11) And then there's the derisory cost to the company of sending snippets of data such as text messages – which can cost the user 14p a pop.
(12) One of his nicknames is “689”, a derisory reference to the number of votes that earned Leung his job.
(13) Their fevered pursuit of Labor on fiscal policy came down to a derisory 0.4% difference in approach.
(14) ActionAid’s groundbreaking Calling Time report found that Accra Brewery’s tax bills for the four years amounted to a derisory £216,000.
(15) He is awaiting Kraft's formal offer document, and will then have to set out Cadbury's defence against a bid the company has described as "derisory" – the standard response from any firm facing an unwanted bid.
(16) But, she said: “I am now too old to get a job.” In Greece , where economic output has fallen by a quarter and the unemployment rate is 26%, employers can pick and choose, and offer the successful applicants pay that would have seemed derisory before the country’s descent into its economic hell.
(17) Those bids were immediately rejected out of hand as derisory and insulting.
(18) Only 14 bids, with the winner paying a derisory £67.50.
(19) Cadbury today rejected a hostile takeover bid from Kraft as "derisory" and not "remotely close" to its true value after the world's second largest food conglomerate took its bid directly to shareholders.
(20) The latest offer from the government remains derisory and insulting.
Ridiculous
Definition:
(a.) Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.
(a.) Involving or expressing ridicule.
Example Sentences:
(1) Historically, what made SNL’s campaign coverage so necessary was its ability to highlight the subtle absurdities of the election and exaggerate the ridiculous.
(2) It is ridiculous,' says Li Rui, a former secretary of Mao Zedong.
(3) No doubt it was intended as a bold and graphic way of presenting the Iranian nuclear threat, but much of the initial response – on Twitter, at least – was ridicule.
(4) "It would be ridiculous to encourage shale gas when in reality its greenhouse gas footprint could be as bad as or worse than coal.
(5) He says he won't respond to the latest ridiculous rumor of Republican action.
(6) At the 2nd stage, as the self-esteem lowered and negative attitude of other schoolchildren arose, the neurotic disorders emerged alongside with prevalent depressive reactions and fear of getting bad marks and being an object of ridicule at school.
(7) Once I’d checked she was OK I said, ‘Stop crying now.’ ” So it’s about managing emotions: ‘I’m going to need you to get a grip.’” “If you’ve got interesting points to make about the devaluing of serious words like bullying and depression, why make them in a way that sounds like you’re ridiculing people who are suffering?” I ask.
(8) Walden said the comparison with Comet was “ridiculous”.
(9) Well, Machado put those skills on display on Sunday, and this is an excuse to bring you his ridiculous play against the Yankees.
(10) Alamgir was ridiculed on social media after he told the BBC that the building may have collapsed after opposition activists enforcing a general strike "pushed at the gate and columns of the building".
(11) "The ANC pretence that we don't have a social crisis in this country is quite ridiculous.
(12) So we started asking them ridiculous questions about being single," says Lucas, "and the sheer number of misunderstandings about each other's lives felt like comedic material."
(13) "Rio Ferdinand's decision-making, the chances he has taken, it is ridiculous.
(14) It's ridiculous, because there will soon be a massive public outcry about how there's nowhere for kids to go.
(15) Westminster wits had taken to ridiculing the rebel movement against Gordon Brown as a "peasants' revolt", a cohort without influence.
(16) To create a new bank, which we understand is an option, which could be called Glyn Mills, is ridiculously back to the future.
(17) JD, Oxford More than three months to get a replacement debit card is ridiculous, and we agree that you have been more than patient.
(18) The Kiev-appointed governor, Serhiy Taruta, has dismissed this poll as ridiculous, pointing out that most of the region's 2.4 million voters won't take part.
(19) Liberal Democrats and Conservatives today ridiculed a request by Labour to broadcasters to focus more on policy analysis.
(20) Edge: Cardinals Bench Shane Robinson made a name for himself in Game Four of the NLCS with a pinch-hit home run and actually finished the NLCS with an OPS of 1.278, which is completely ridiculous and tops any of his teammates by a country mile.