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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Transformation doesn’t fail for lack of initiatives.
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Louisa Loran, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
This is not for lack of belief in Franklin-Myers.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
The organization’s ethos is that no family is turned away for lack of ability to pay.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
Their utopia is located so high in the heavens or deep in the past that the entire project always seems on the verge of collapse for lack of a solid foundation.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
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Louisa Loran, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
This is not for lack of belief in Franklin-Myers.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
The organization’s ethos is that no family is turned away for lack of ability to pay.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
Their utopia is located so high in the heavens or deep in the past that the entire project always seems on the verge of collapse for lack of a solid foundation.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 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 8 Dec. 2025.
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