How to Use "derisory" with Example Sentences

1. The japanese stock market would fly if derisory returns on equity were lifted , in spite of the country 's economic stagnation .

2. Ellen johnson sirleaf , the incumbent , won a handsome 91 % of the vote but turnout was a derisory 39 % .

3. Similarly , electronics retailers sell brown goods at derisory margins , but obtain juicy profits from expensive insurance policies they sell on top .

4. All the while , chinese households are earning derisory income on their savings , and in rural , inland areas poverty remains widespread .

5. " Nicolas sarkozy does not intend to give up on it , whatever the derisory manoeuvres that only serve to harm creative diversity , " his office said in a statement .