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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Presumably, all of Moore's clients were audited, had these phantom losses disallowed, and ended up paying the harsh 40% penalty for lack of economic substance.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The club rejected her for lack of record.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Was that for lack of sincerity or lack of political language?
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
In what turn out to be Sallie Carol’s final weeks, Simpson stays in Chicago to celebrate Thanksgiving with her boyfriend and her roommate—partly for lack of cash, partly for lack of emotional capacity.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The club rejected her for lack of record.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Was that for lack of sincerity or lack of political language?
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
In what turn out to be Sallie Carol’s final weeks, Simpson stays in Chicago to celebrate Thanksgiving with her boyfriend and her roommate—partly for lack of cash, partly for lack of emotional capacity.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for for lack of
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“For lack of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20lack%20of. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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