Usually means: Ridiculously small or inadequate amount.
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  1. derisory: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. derisory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. derisory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. derisory: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. derisory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. derisory: Wiktionary
  9. Derisory, derisory: Dictionary.com
  10. derisory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Derisory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. derisory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. derisory: Rhymezone
  14. derisory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. derisory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. derisory: Free Dictionary
  17. derisory: Mnemonic Dictionary
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adjective:  Laughably small or inadequate; ridiculous.

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