The phrase "farcical for" can be grammatically correct and usable in written English, but it is not commonly used and may sound awkward to some readers.
Example: It was farcical for the government to claim that raising taxes would benefit the middle class. In this sentence, "farcical for" means absurd or ridiculous. It suggests that the government's claim is so unbelievable or illogical that it is almost comical. This phrase can be used in situations where something is seen as laughable or nonsensical.
Harding's mother said it was "farcical" for Australians to be charged for fighting in Iraq and Syria regardless of the group they joined.
In a direct challenge to Cameron, who told MPs this week that he would remain in office to negotiate Britain's exit in the event of a vote to leave the EU, the veteran pro-European said it would be "farcical" for him to continue.
Responding to the speech, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said it was "farcical" for the first minister to claim that the SNP would bring positive change for the whole UK.
It's a farcical, made-for-slapstick premise with distant echoes of well-known stories as different as the Yiddish folk tale "It Could Always Be Worse" and Dr. Seuss Catat in the Hat".
Barriers in Texas, moreover, are disproportionately located in poor and minority communities — a pattern that is so clear that it sometimes becomes farcical: plans for one fence, for instance, show it ending abruptly at the edge of a billionaire's property.
Though the faithful reader may chastise us for engaging in farcical contrivance, for the shameless use of coincidence and irony and multiple cliffhangers, though even the most credulous reader might question our fantastic -- nay, surreal -- story, we wish to protest that we have simply recounted events as they have unfurled before our own astonished eyes.
Andy Cohen, the Bravo talk show host, had barely completed one sentence ("I have to admit being a little intimidated by this audience," he said) before Erin Wasson, sitting with Alexander Wang in the front row, yelled, "Duh!" Mr. Cohen did not bomb as the awards host, even with farcical suggestions for future designer collaborations like Jason Wu for Honey Boo Boo.
Take, for example, Nigeria's 4-1 friendly win over Argentina in June 2011, which featured what might charitably be described as a soft penalty for a push in the back and a farcical one for a supposed handball in the eighth minute of injury-time.
It was preoccupied with the Myanmar junta's farcical plans for an election this year.
Those who don't agree on immigration thought him "farcical" but for those that do, he spoke sense.
As can the Crew: it would take a farcical sequence for them to miss out on the playoffs.
