derisory
adjective/dɪˈraɪsəri/
/dɪˈraɪsəri/
(formal)- too small or of too little value to be considered seriously synonym laughable
- They offered us a derisory £50 a week.
- (also more frequent derisive)unkind and showing that you think somebody/something is silly
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘derisive’): from late Latin derisorius, from deris- ‘scoffed at’, from the verb deridere ‘scoff at’.
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