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laughable

[laf-uh-buhl, lah-fuh-] / ˈlæf ə bəl, ˈlɑ fə- /


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When she published her second cookbook, “It’s All Good,” in 2013, The Atlantic called it the “Bible of Laughable Hollywood Neuroticism” and said she “had gone over the edge.”

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

Laughable if it wasn't a life and death subject.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

Laughable excuses when the club have spent so much money and then moan about no squad depth etc.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2015

Laughable though it seems after scoring a record-equalling 31 Premier League goals last season, 30 in total the year before, but there were reservations over the Uruguayan’s finishing before Rodgers took charge.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2014

Laughable stories are told of the Turkish navy; e.g., that a certain captain was ordered to take his vessel to Crete, and after cruising about some time returned, not being able to find the island.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various




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