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faute de mieux
[ foht duh myœ ]
adverb
, French.
- for lack of something better.
faute de mieux
/ fot də mjø; ˌfəʊt də ˈmjɜː /
(no translation)
- for lack of anything better
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Word History and Origins
Origin of faute de mieux1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
A few weeks ago you deemed us tolerable company, faute de mieux, perhaps.
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He envied Ryleieff: envied him the kiss; how much more the poem which answered its purpose—faute de mieux!
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The view was certain to be grand, and, faute de mieux, we decided to start for it.
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She was a Hellard, and took the judge faute de mieux, so said the wicked world, rather late in life.
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On leaving Oxford he was faute de mieux ordained, and became a curate at a small village in the middle of Salisbury Plain.
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