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leave something to be desired

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leave something to be desired
to be not very good or not as good as you would like leave a lot to be desired And if you think my driving leaves something to be desired, his driving is even worse!
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The instant-hot concept is great for a mobile society, but the food contents in this case leave something to be desired.
As for fresh-tasting food, today's store-bought tomatoes admittedly leave something to be desired, but have we already forgotten about '60s-era staples like TV dinners and cream of mushroom soup?
His early efforts leave something to be desired, especially when it comes to the public humility, however self-evidently phony, that Americans esteem in their leaders.
 
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