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.

Examples of for lack of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Council member Jaime Resendez said low survey response rates, particularly in southern Dallas, shouldn’t be mistaken for lack of preference. —Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026

The political action committee sued the city in December after the clerk disqualified the petition for lack of valid signatures. —Chaya Tong, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026

And that’s why the show, for lack of a better term, gets away with this stuff as it’s done, in such a careful, tasteful manner. —Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026

Even the bottom feeders on the roster, for lack of a better way to put it, are all high-level athletes, and that wasn’t always necessarily the case. —Mark Puleo, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for for lack of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove