за неимением лучшего

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Russian

Etymology

A calque of French faute de mieux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: за неиме́нием лу́чшево)

Adverb

за неиме́нием лу́чшего (za neiménijem lúčševo)

  1. (set phrase) faute de mieux