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derisory

Synonyms

Adjective

1. absurd

2. cockeyed, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous, foolish

Usage
Hundreds of Diligenta staff strike in Reading over 'derisory' pay - BBC
'Beyond derisory': Criminal lawyers withdrawing services around country amid row over pay - Irish Examiner
Munster player ratings v Exeter: Jack Crowley 'saves face' but 'derisory' visitors stand up and fight far too late - Planet Rugby
Derisory: PTSB shareholders advised to reject Bawag deal - Business Post
Azzedine Ounahi: A derisory offer on OM's table - Yahoo Sports Canada
'Derisory' payments for expert witnesses are causing significant problems at trials - The Journal
Why does the state see derisory PTSB offer as a success? - The Times
Nyankanda : a school semester sacrificed by teacher shortages and derisory salaries - SOS Médias Burundi
GlaxoSmithKline manufacturing staffers in UK vote to strike over 'derisory' pay raise offer - Fierce Pharma
Scottish gamekeeper Russell Mason receives derisory sentence for brutal killing of Goshawk - Raptor Persecution UK
Australia: Queensland teachers to protest against derisory government pay offer - World Socialist Web Site
We’ll need more than derisory grants to electrify our 26-tonne-plus HGV fleet - Motor Transport
Offer to victims of UK contaminated blood scandal ‘derisory’, says survivor - The Guardian
State ordered to pay €254,000 over 'derisory' rent of Labour's Valletta club as tenants escape eviction - MaltaToday
State ordered to pay €254,000 as Labour continues to occupy Valletta property at 'derisory' rent after 70 years - Newsbook
Union warns Telford defence workers could strike over pay after 'derisory' offer - Shropshire Star
PTSB shareholders face price collapse if ‘derisory’ €1.6bn bid by Bawag is blocked - Irish Independent
Federal judge gives final approval of derisory settlement for Flint, Michigan residents - World Socialist Web Site
Rail union RMT to ballot over 'derisory' pay offer - BBC
Scottish teachers to strike over derisory pay offer - World Socialist Web Site
Ministers brace for NHS strikes after doctors denounce ‘derisory’ pay rise - The Guardian
Sentences For Russian Skinheads In Racial Murders Criticized As 'Derisory' - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Preston North End summer transfer offer for Cardiff City star comes to light - Lancashire Evening Post
David Fuller: Morgue abuse victim's son calls payout offer 'derisory' - BBC
Kyle Langford’s £1,000 fine for run-in with official ‘lenient’ and ‘derisory’ | Athletics - The Guardian
Why Prince Harry has led Gary Lineker to snub ‘derisory’ £1m offer that would see Match of the Day host share stories from playing days & media career - Goal.com
Bolton reject 'derisory' Arsenal bid for Gary Cahill - The Guardian
The derisory amount that the winner of the Shohei Ohtani impersonator contest took home - MARCA
Niger delta oil spill victims reject 'derisory' Shell compensation offer - The Guardian
West Ham United owner David Sullivan dismisses informal takeover approach as 'derisory' - BBC
Lai See | Hong Kong's derisory enforcement of engine idling law - South China Morning Post
Bank of England strike over 'derisory' pay rise - BBC
OFNC fumes at ‘derisory’ GOS fee increase - Trucknet UK
Derisory sentences for torture video soldiers - Survival International
Alan Bates rejects ‘derisory’ payout over Post Office scandal - The Telegraph
Southend United: Daniel Bentley offers 'derisory' - Phil Brown - BBC
Portsmouth reject Rangers' 'derisory' bid for Tommy Smith - The Guardian
FA Cup: Coventry City boss Mark Robins says Manchester United criticism 'derisory' before semi-final - BBC
Health unions and MPs condemn 'derisory' 1% pay rise for NHS staff - The Guardian
Union ballots Marshalls staff for strike over ‘derisory’ pay offer - Construction News
HS2 Ltd approach to natural environment is derisory - The Wildlife Trusts
UK could lose distant-water trawler Kirkella over "derisory" 500 tonne quota - The Fishing Daily
Female fighters are knocking out the critics - but their derisory pay packets are a low blow - The Independent
Luis Suárez bid by Arsenal draws derisory response from John W Henry - The Guardian
Nyanza-Lac: residents forced to sell their land at derisory prices to CNDD-FDD dignitaries - SOS Médias Burundi
Cadbury rejects Kraft's hostile bid - The Guardian
Fórsa rejects ‘derisory’ offer to school secretaries - Forsa
FHM under fire over 'derisory' apology | Newspapers & magazines - The Guardian
The derisory finitude of João Onofre | - Agenda Cultural de Lisboa
Derisory Pay Shows Government's Dismissive Attitude Towards Police - Police Federation
Mother who lost baby tells court €25,394 for wrongful death ‘derisory’ - The Irish Times
Pacey winger Ryan Graydon only leaving Derry City for substantial money - Derry Journal
Police officers threaten industrial action over ‘derisory’ pay offer - Scottish Legal News
Unions clash with construction employers group over ‘derisory’ pay offer - building.co.uk
Perpetrators of adult abuse ‘getting derisory sentences’ - communitycare.co.uk
Fellaini and Baines: Everton reject Manchester United bid - BBC
Edinburgh parents blast 'derisory' half day week return for S1 - S3 pupils - Edinburgh News
BBC made ‘derisory’ last-minute pay offers to women, says Sarah Smith - The Herald
‘Derisory’ teacher pay rise ‘is worst of all worlds’ - Tes
Unacceptable! Manchester United launch derisory first bid for Everton ace Jarrad Branthwaite despite agreeing personal terms with defender - Goal.com
Top psychiatrist withdraws from legal aid scheme over ‘unmanageable’ workload and ‘derisory’ fees - The Irish Times
‘Another day, another derisory sentence for killing a cyclist’ - sheffieldtribune.co.uk
Infected blood payout for Treloar’s victims ‘derisory and insulting’ – survivor - EDP24
Police Federation takes legal action over ‘derisory’ pay offer - Personnel Today
Two unions back strikes at Environment Agency over 'derisory' pay - Civil Service World
Compensation for death of baby 'derisory' - RTE.ie
Newcastle fury at Gunners' 'derisory' £10m Cabaye bid - Irish Independent
Nash slams Glen Dimplex over 'derisory' redundancy offer for Dunleer workers - LMFM
Infected blood payout for Treloar’s victims ‘derisory and insulting’ – survivor - Reading Chronicle
Yorkshire's last distant water trawler, Hull's Kirkella, could be sold after 'derisory' deal between UK and Norway - Yorkshire Post
Police Pay Award Is 'Derisory' - Police Federation
‘Derisory’ pay rise rejected by union - Guernsey Press
Former North Wales sub-postmaster Alan Bates rejects 'derisory' Post Office compensation offer - North Wales Live
'Derisory offer' for home on abandoned Birmingham street - BBC
Hereford metal firm face industrial action after derisory real terms pay cut - GMB Union
Bank of England strike over 'derisory' pay rise - BBC
Drakeford calls UK fuel plan 'exploitative, arrogant, derisory' - Wales Online
Police Federation begins legal action over 'derisory' two percent pay award - Sky News
Offer for James McClean's brother from Championship club is 'derisory', claim Derry - Irish Independent
Hinkley Point power station: Groundworks staff threaten strike action due to 'derisory' pay offer - Somerset Live
England | Suffolk | Asbo breach sentence 'derisory' - BBC
Loughborough bus drivers to strike over 'derisory' pay offer - Fosse 107
Resident's shock as council offer just £50,000 for home where he's lived for 35 years in area set to be demolished - Blackpool Gazette
Stoke City 'reject derisory offer from Burnley' for Nathan Collins - The Sentinel
Victims say Southall fine 'derisory' - BBC
Government's festival funding for Donegal is "derisory" - Pat the Cope - Donegal Daily
Appeal against 'derisory' award - BBC
Family's anger at 'derisory' sentence - Liverpool Echo
UPDATED- McKenna makes derisory last-ditch attempt to avoid bankruptcy - National Business Review
Principals angry at 'derisory' dispute payment - Irish Independent
Derisory wages and hidden violence: The fight for the dignity of domestic workers in Dakar - Seneweb
Gareth Bale group's 'derisory' Cardiff takeover bid to be rejected by Vincent Tan - Football Insider
Post Office scandal: Alan Bates turns down 'cruel' and 'derisory' Government payout - The Mirror
Everton reject derisory and insulting Man Utd bids for Fellaini, Baines - Mid-day
Newcastle United's derisory offer for Stoke City striker was not £12m - The Sentinel
Civil service staff set for strike action with pay offer branded ‘insulting and derisory’ - Armagh I
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'derisory'
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French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
derusory,   derisoty,   derrisory,   derisiry,   derissory,   deriosry,   derisoory,   derisry,   deridory,   derisoryy,   ferisory,   dreisory,   dderisory,   derisorry,   dersiory,   derisor,   drrisory,   derisoyr,   dersory,   deeisory,   deirsory,   derispry,   deriisory,   derisoru,   derisort,   deisory,   dorisory,   derisoy,   derisoey,   dwrisory,   deerisory,   edrisory,   derisroy,   drisory,   erisory,   serisory,   deriaory,   derosory,   deriory,   detisory
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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