far from ideal

idiom

: not at all good
The conditions were far from ideal.

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Still, going 0 of 4 plus two runs for 2 yards and rolling just 57 seconds off the clock over two late possessions is far from ideal. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2024 And given those current fallibilities, games against Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool are far from ideal. Sam Lee, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 But what has replaced it in the legalizing states is far from ideal. Mark A. R. Kleiman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017 Still, starting out on such shaky financial ground was far from ideal. Amy Landino, Contributor, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for far from ideal 

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“Far from ideal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20from%20ideal. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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