Usually means: Settling for lack of better.
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  1. faute de mieux: Merriam-Webster
  2. faute de mieux: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. faute de mieux: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. faute de mieux: Collins English Dictionary
  5. faute de mieux: Wiktionary
  6. faute de mieux: Dictionary.com
  7. faute de mieux: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  8. faute de mieux: TheFreeDictionary.com

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adverb:  For want of something better; for lack of an alternative; as a makeshift.

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