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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
faute de mieux
 
PRONUNCIATION:  ft d myœ
ADVERB: For lack of something better.
ETYMOLOGY:French : faute, lack + de, of + mieux, better.
 
 
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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