The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DERISORY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DERISORY
- Ridiculous day your old dad returned
- Osier: dry, withered and pathetic
- In a cityis nothing totally unimportant
- Ridiculous order is changed before end of day
- When Roy rides out, it’s laughable
- Mocking father raised on board boat
- Ridiculously small fish cut by father from the back
- Is nothing in NI city ridiculous?
- Pathetic father twisting in party — pray, wanting rid of pa!
- Ridiculous one like that in Irish city
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The straight part
We know that "laughable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case laughable = derisory.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DERISORY mean?
DERISORY adjective- Laughably small or inadequate.
- Derisive; laughable; ridiculous