That's why Malcolm Turnbull's attempt to blame the shortage of affordable housing on trade unions is so risible.

It is so laughable, so risible, so pathetic that it would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

But the depiction of these shadowy forces is so risible that it's impossible to take them even slightly seriously.

At the time, the unemployment figure was considered so risible to investors and analysts that it was not even worth discussing.