The team has become the laughingstock of the league.
The mayor became a laughingstock.
Recent Examples on the WebWest’s influence turned the Warriors from a laughingstock to the league’s lodestar.—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024 In a famous public debate in Chicago, W. E. B. Du Bois made a laughingstock of a younger associate of Grant’s, Lothrop Stoddard.—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023 With Stidham at the controls, Denver averaged 15.0 points per game, slightly less than the offensive output that made Hackett the laughingstock of the league a year ago.—Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2024 Few teams go from league laughingstock to playoff contender in just one season and the process is much more difficult with a rookie quarterback.—Kristie Rieken, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for laughingstock
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