UNSATISFACTORY
Unreliable Undesirable
He fixed his faith on an idol with feet of clay
A weak reed to lean upon
Of a less desirable kind
He does not cut a very good figure
It does but scant justice to——
I cannot settle my spirits to it
Not altogether prepossessing
There is an element of danger in it
It was sown in weakness
Efforts which were mere flashes in the pan
Wide of the mark
A sign of pusillanimity and cowardice
Not content with——
Who shall decide when doctors disagree
The inadequacy of certain features of the——
A crude business
A certain coarseness of fiber
Out of kilter
It did not have the desired effect
A plea to throw into the discard every sacrifice
A case in which back-stairs gossip figures as sober truth
It will not pass muster
It has many shortcomings
The argument is not so convincing to the modern mind
Notoriously unreliable
Utterly ineffective
No more backbone than a jellyfish
With very unpleasant consequences
Yielding to a passing impulse
He is persona non grata with——