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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But two months later, her lawyer filed a request to the Assembly for Heath Flora’s income from the state to be withheld for lack of payment of child support. Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025 Several Italian American men were put on trial and found not guilty for lack of evidence, according to the Library of Congress. Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2025 By last summer, The Root was the only piece of G/O Media left, and not for lack of buyer interest. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 Of these, 2 million were adopted, 554,000 were returned to their owner, 524,000 were transferred to other organizations, and 334,000 were euthanized, mostly for lack of space. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2025.

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