How to Use far from ideal in a Sentence

far from ideal

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  • UniQure’s study was far from ideal.
    — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The prospect of the pair crossing paths so soon was far from ideal.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Three league clean sheets in the 13 games since these sides last met is far from ideal.
    — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
  • But the schedule for both chambers is far from ideal.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Still, starting out on such shaky financial ground was far from ideal.
    — Amy Landino, Contributor, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The optics and timing of the glitches, though, were far from ideal.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Brosmer's first chance as a starter will come in far from ideal circumstances.
    — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
  • But the situation on the ground in Gaza is far from ideal.
    — Jessica Rosgaard, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2025
  • But what has replaced it in the legalizing states is far from ideal.
    — Mark A. R. Kleiman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
  • The travel conditions the team is forced to endure are far from ideal.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024
  • But the game against Arkansas State was far from ideal.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Purdy's second game back from his lengthy injury absence was far from ideal.
    — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Roberts also noted that, though far from ideal, things could be worse for Freeman.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Roughly 11 megabits of bandwidth is usable but far from ideal.
    — PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
  • For many luxury brands, this year’s 618 felt like a big clearance sale, which was far from ideal.
    — Denni Hu, WWD, 19 June 2024
  • Crawling into a bed with uncomfortable, scratchy sheets is far from ideal.
    — Maggie Horton, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Wentz’s first training camp in Indianapolis has been far from ideal.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2021
  • In the end, the group wrapped up their round in five and a half hours, a pace far from ideal but not entirely Thompson's fault.
    — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
  • While these changing conditions are far from ideal, there is a small silver lining for consumers.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • That would be far from ideal for a team well-aware of the Warriors’ capabilities.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2023
  • That's a consequence of the timing and position of the comet in Earth's sky, which is far from ideal.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Facing Manchester City again is far from ideal.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The circumstances have been far from ideal, but Auburn’s staff has made the most of the hand it was dealt on Halloween.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 23 Nov. 2022
  • We are told to love our jobs, but the lie-flat movement and r/antiwork show that, for many, wage labor under a boss is far from ideal.
    — Will Bedingfield, Wired, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The conditions were far from ideal, but for decades this settlement was home and its residents more than endured.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Take it from a man with seven Super Bowl rings…and yet another ending that was far from ideal.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • This hardly seemed like a giant leap, given that my relationships with men were usually far from ideal.
    — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • And since most growth factor serums don’t come cheap, wasting money on an underperforming product is far from ideal.
    — Jenny Berg, Allure, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The conditions were far from ideal, as a drizzle hovered over the city all afternoon; the rain picked up before the game and in the second half.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Still, a three-game losing streak on the eve of the playoffs is a far from ideal outcome for coach Sandy Brondello’s team.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2021

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