i mangel af bedre
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Lit. "in lack of better [thing]".
Adverb
[edit]- faute de mieux, for lack of a better alternative
- 2016, Hanya Yanagihara, Et lille liv, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
- ... hendes far, som jeg i mangel af bedre kaldte bedstefar, ...
- ... her father, whom I, lacking a better alternative, called grandfather, ...
- 2012, Stig Dalager, Glemsel og erindring - Broerne til verden 1, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- ... det var hendes hemmeligheder, jeg i mangel af bedre fantaserede om, og som jeg forgæves forsøgte at vriste ud af far.
- ... it was her secrets that I, faute de mieux, phantasized about, and which I vainly tried to wrest from father.
- 2016, Henning Mankell, Svenske gummistøvler, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Hvad skal pigen hedde? spurgte jeg i mangel af bedre.
- What shall the girl be named? I asked faute de mieux.
Usage notes
[edit]Also frequently used preceding some noun, as in i mangel af bedre betegnelse ("for lack of a better designation").