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