for lack of
idiom
: not having (the thing specified)
They called it a comet, for lack of a better term/word.
For lack of anything better to do, we went to the park.
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The game then entered a scoreless phase, though not for lack of effort by either side.
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Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Too many European governments, especially the largest, have been too slow and stingy in providing support to Kyiv either for lack of strategic conviction or decades of spending on welfare instead of their militaries.
—The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2025
At that same hearing, Mayers’ attorney Joe Tacopina urged Villar to dismiss the case for lack of evidence.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
The recent fires have, for lack of a better term, created trauma bonds.
—Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
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Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Too many European governments, especially the largest, have been too slow and stingy in providing support to Kyiv either for lack of strategic conviction or decades of spending on welfare instead of their militaries.
—The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2025
At that same hearing, Mayers’ attorney Joe Tacopina urged Villar to dismiss the case for lack of evidence.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
The recent fires have, for lack of a better term, created trauma bonds.
—Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
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“For lack of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20lack%20of. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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