make a mockery of
Verb
Meaning
(idiomatic, transitive) To mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contempt.
(idiomatic, transitive) To defeat easily, so as to show up as inadequate.
The burglars made a mockery of the museum's security system.
Examples
If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.
But unmindful of the seriousness of the threat of the Invisible Killer, she has lagged in enforcing the lockdown, allowing people not just in rural areas but even in urban centres to make a mockery of social-distancing and self-isolation.
Her actions make a mockery of Black and Latinx cultures.
Perhaps most important, nuclear-powered tactical vehicles would make a mockery of nuclear non-proliferation.
"It would make a mockery of clean sport to reinstate RUSAF when the evidence required to resolve these suspicions, one way or the other, is still being withheld," Andersen said.