risibleadjective
uk/ˈrɪz.ə.bəl/us/ˈrɪz.ə.bəl/formal disapprovingnot effective or useful:
She's been making risible attempts to learn the trumpet.
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Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- certifiable
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- laughable
- loony
- loopy
- lumpen
- lumpish
- slow
- wrongheaded
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risibility
noun [ U ] /rɪz.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti//rɪz.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/formal disapproving
For all the character's risibility, he seems human and loveable.