of a sort
of a sort
Having inferior, mediocre, or incomplete characteristics of something. He writes poetry of a sort, but it's nothing that will set the world ablaze. The office has a gym of a sort, but it's in such disrepair that no one really uses it.
See also: of, sort
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
of a ˈkind/ˈsort
(disapproving) (used after a noun) of poor quality; not what somebody/something should be: He is a poet of a kind. They gave us meat of a sort; we could hardly eat it.See also: kind, of, sort
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- of a kind
- of a kind/sort
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