Definition of RISIBLE

Examples of risible in a Sentence

The suggestion was downright risible. a risible comment that made the whole class laugh

Recent Examples on the Web Stevens, in his dissent, wrote that an attempt to offer such a reading in the context of the Second Amendment is particularly risible, since no piece of American law could be more clearly contoured by a social purpose. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "The Gilroy Shooting and What the Democratic Candidates Should Remember About Justice John Paul Stevens," 30 July 2019 But with the invention of deep neural networks and the massive computational infrastructure of the tech industry, computers relentlessly improved until their outputs no longer appeared risible. — Christof Koch, Scientific American, "Will Machines Ever Become Conscious?," 1 Dec. 2019 Some are chic, many are risible; all of it has an exuberant view of the future that marks it as decidedly from the past. — Jason Farago, New York Times, "Holiday Museum Guide: Where to See Art This Season," 28 Nov. 2019 But Macron’s pretension to be the embodiment of the popular will is risible. — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, "Why Isn’t Macron an Illiberal Pinup?," 26 Sep. 2019 Some are chic, many are risible; all of it has an exuberant view of the future that marks it as decidedly from the past. — Jason Farago, New York Times, "Back to the Future With Pierre Cardin’s Space-Age Fashion," 22 Aug. 2019 The performance art sequences, which can so easily come across as risible when filmed, are sensitively choreographed and shot here, and are therefore able to retain at least some of their original punch. — Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter, "'This Is Not Berlin' ('Esto no es Berlin'): Film Review," 29 June 2019 The first go-round was the risible 2006 Brett Ratner film X-Men: The Last Stand, which indicated Jean Grey’s turn to darkness by dressing her in a particularly vile-looking corset. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "A Slapdash Farewell to the X-Men Series," 6 June 2019 That contention was dismissed as risible by NBC insiders. — Brian Flood, Fox News, "NBC honchos hope to replace embattled news boss Andy Lack after multiple scandals," 14 May 2018

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“Risible.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risible. Accessed 22 January 2020.

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