| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| faute de mieux |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | f t d my |
| ADVERB: | For lack of something better. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : faute, lack + de, of + mieux, better.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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