faute de mieux ˌfōt də ˈmyə/ *adverb* 1. for want of a better alternative. "the show is, faute de mieux, the most eagerly anticipated musical of the season to come" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20160627/22bc8ac5/attachment.html>