for the want of

US /fɚ ðə wɑnt əv/

・

UK /fə ðə wɒnt əv/

C2

prep. phr.Because of the lack of something.

For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost.

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Fairfax told me once she had lived here many years: I don't think she can ever have been pretty: but for all I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantages: Mr.
Fairfax told me once she had lived here many years: I don't think she can ever have been pretty: but for all I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantages: Mr.
Fairfax told me once she had lived here many years: I don't think she can ever have been pretty: but for all I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantages: Mr.
Fairfax told me once she had lived here many years: I don't think she can ever have been pretty: but for all I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantages: Mr.

but here were two natures rendered, the one intolerably acrid, the other despicably savourless for the want of it;
but here were two natures rendered, the one intolerably acrid, the other despicably savourless for the want of it;

US /fɚ ðə wɑnt əv/

・

UK /fə ðə wɒnt əv/

C2

prep. phr.Because of the lack of something.

For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost.

Fairfax told me once she had lived here many years: I don't think she can ever have been pretty: but for all I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantages: Mr.
Fairfax told me once she had lived here many years: I don't think she can ever have been pretty: but for all I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantages: Mr.
Fairfax told me once she had lived here many years: I don't think she can ever have been pretty: but for all I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantages: Mr.
Fairfax told me once she had lived here many years: I don't think she can ever have been pretty: but for all I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantages: Mr.

but here were two natures rendered, the one intolerably acrid, the other despicably savourless for the want of it;
but here were two natures rendered, the one intolerably acrid, the other despicably savourless for the want of it;