farcical

The contradicting accounts of what happened to the plane would be farcical if not for the 239 people who are missing.

It was litigation as entertainment—a farcical tangle of events that titillated a ready, willing, and able country.

As is, they now look ominously instead like that monopoly's prelude and farcical first act.

Zuroff appeared genuinely angry at their presence, and he highhandedly dismissed the whole farcical episode as a “media stunt.”

The oversized, exuberant, and farcical plot of The Teleportation Device is more entertaining than any summary can convey.

It was almost farcical in its needlessness, and poor Dorothy's part in it of the slightest import.

The incident was farcical enough, but the incidents came so fast that they were beginning to get on Jessie's nerves.

Whether they are serious or farcical, they may, in some particulars, not proceed exactly as they are designed to do.

We must hinder this farcical ceremony; his Highness cannot marry two wives!

Mostly, the story was voted delightfully funny, but very foolish and farcical after all.