faute de mieux

[ foht duh myœ ]
/ foʊt də ˈmyœ /

adverb, adjective French.

for lack of something better.

Origin of faute de mieux

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby faute de mieux

faust, faustian, faustian bargain, faustus, faut, faute de mieux, fauteuil, fauve, faux, faux pas, faux-naïf

Example sentences from the Web for faute de mieux

  • The big man told me what would happen if I didn't go, so I went, faute-de-mieux, and took Rolston with me.

    The City in the Clouds |C. Ranger Gull

British Dictionary definitions for faute de mieux

faute de mieux
/ French (fot də mjø, English ˌfəʊt də ˈmjɜː) /

for lack of anything better