faute de mieux

[ foht duh myœ ]

adverb

, French.

1. for lack of something better.

faute de mieux

/ fot də mjø; ˌfəʊt də ˈmjɜː /

(no translation)

1. for lack of anything better

Word History and Origins

Origin of faute de mieux¹

First recorded in 1760–70

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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