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To be unsatisfactory; to fail to meet minimal standards of acceptability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Across languages
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Czech:
mít k dokonalosti daleko
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Dutch:
te wensen overlaten
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Finnish:
jättää toivomisen varaa
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French:
laisser à désirer
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German:
viel zu wünschen übrig lassen
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Polish:
pozostawiać wiele do życzenia
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Polish:
pozostawić wiele do życzenia
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Portuguese:
deixar a desejar
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Russian:
оставля́ть жела́ть лу́чшего
(ostavljátʹ želátʹ lúčševo)
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Spanish:
dejar mucho que desear
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