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faute de mieux
FOT duh MYOOR
adverb
for lack of something better
1938C. S. LewisOut of the Silent PlanetNo hross, however, ate the weed (honodraskrud) for choice, though it might be used faute de mieux on a journey.1973Gore VidalBurr'Then Leggett is for Van Buren?' | 'Faute de mieux.'1988Umberto EcoFoucault's PendulumBut Belbo by now was an adept, and, like other adepts, not through enlightenment, but faute de mieux.

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