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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Eighteen months ago, the Jewish Museum London, which occupied an idiosyncratic, homely town house in Camden, where my wife and I used to take our kids on rainy weekends, closed its doors for lack of funding.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Of them, only about 2.1 million get adopted by a new owner, 100,000 are returned to their old homes, and around 530,000 are euthanized for lack of space, according to data by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Until some team wins 500 games in a row and forces the league to shudder for lack of competitive interest or something like that, this will continue to be the case.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Nothing of the sort was ever shown on screen in DS9, but not for lack of enthusiasm on set.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 13 Dec. 2024
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Of them, only about 2.1 million get adopted by a new owner, 100,000 are returned to their old homes, and around 530,000 are euthanized for lack of space, according to data by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Until some team wins 500 games in a row and forces the league to shudder for lack of competitive interest or something like that, this will continue to be the case.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Nothing of the sort was ever shown on screen in DS9, but not for lack of enthusiasm on set.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 13 Dec. 2024
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“For lack of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20lack%20of. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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