Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left something to be desired

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
left- -some-thing -to be de-sired
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of leave something to be desired

Questions

What does left something to be desired mean?
simple past and past participle of leave something to be desired

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