This report leaves a lot to be desired.
•I'm sorry to have to fire you, Mary, but your work leaves a lot to be desired.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
leave a lot to be desired — leave a lot/much/to be desired phrase to be of a very low quality or standard I feel the quality of some of our policemen leaves a lot to be desired. Thesaurus: words used to describe standardssynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
leave a lot to be desired — ► leave much (or a lot) to be desired be highly unsatisfactory. Main Entry: ↑leave … English terms dictionary
leave a lot to be desired — to be much worse than you would like. Apparently, Meg s cooking leaves a lot to be desired. (never in continuous tenses) … New idioms dictionary
leave a much to be desired — leave a lot/much/to be desired phrase to be of a very low quality or standard I feel the quality of some of our policemen leaves a lot to be desired. Thesaurus: words used to describe standardssynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
leave a something to be desired — leave a lot, much, something, etc. to be deˈsired idiom to be bad or unacceptable • The service in the restaurant left a lot to be desired. Main entry: ↑desireidiom … Useful english dictionary
leave much (or a lot) to be desired — be very unsatisfactory. → leave … English new terms dictionary
leave much to be desired — leave much (or a lot) to be desired be highly unsatisfactory * * * leave much to be desired (or leave a lot to be desired or leave a great deal to be desired) used to say that something is not very good at all or is not close to being good enough … Useful english dictionary
leave — leave1 W1S1 [li:v] v past tense and past participle left [left] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(go away)¦ 2¦(stop)¦ 3 leave somebody/something alone 4¦(let something/somebody stay)¦ 5¦(not change/move something)¦ 6¦(result of accident/illness/event)¦ 7 be left… … Dictionary of contemporary English
leave*/*/*/ — [liːv] (past tense and past participle left [left] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to go away from a place We left London at three in the afternoon.[/ex] Your plane leaves in ten minutes.[/ex] She leaves for work at 7.30 every morning.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to go away … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
leave — 1 /li:v/ verb past tense and past participle left LEAVE A PLACE, VEHICLE 1 LEAVE (I, T) to go away from a place or a person: What time did you leave the office? | They were so noisy that the manager asked them to leave. (+ for): They re leaving… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
leave — [[t]li͟ːv[/t]] ♦ leaves, leaving, left 1) VERB If you leave a place or person, you go away from that place or person. [V n] He would not be allowed to leave the country... [V n] I simply couldn t bear to leave my little girl … English dictionary
