Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leaves much to be desired

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
leaves -much -to be de-sired
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does leaves much to be desired mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of leave much to be desired

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