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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Prediction markets are, for lack of a better term, just betting lines.
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
To Chicago and teammates my apologies for lack of awareness and focus ….
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence, and Sullivan was acquitted.
—Hilda Dzietror, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Not this time, though not for lack of effort by Potts and a dozen co-counsel from the Midwest Innocence Project, the Innocence Project, the Federal Public Defender Capital Habeas Unit in Kansas City and attorney Kent Gipson.
—Jenna Greene, Reuters, 3 Oct. 2024
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
To Chicago and teammates my apologies for lack of awareness and focus ….
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence, and Sullivan was acquitted.
—Hilda Dzietror, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Not this time, though not for lack of effort by Potts and a dozen co-counsel from the Midwest Innocence Project, the Innocence Project, the Federal Public Defender Capital Habeas Unit in Kansas City and attorney Kent Gipson.
—Jenna Greene, Reuters, 3 Oct. 2024
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“For lack of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20lack%20of. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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