simple past tense and past participle of leave much to be desired

present participle of leave much to be desired

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leave much to be desired

Said to express greater gratitude than would be conveyed by thank you. / Expressing indignation that anyone could doubt the preceding statement.

What is its price? How much money do you want for it?

(simile, humorous) Useless; pointless.

(humorous) thank you very much

Something enjoyable or beneficial which, nevertheless, becomes bothersome or harmful in large quantities or over an extended period of time.

(simile, informal) Thoroughly useless.

(idiomatic) A lot of fuss about something trivial.