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for lack of trying

for lack of trying prepositional phrase: due to a failure to make a significant enough effort.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Due to a failure to make a significant enough effort.
    • The solution has not yet been found, and it has not been for lack of trying.

Forms of for lack of trying

alternative formfor want of trying

Questions about for lack of trying

What does for lack of trying mean?
For lack of trying means due to a failure to make a significant enough effort.
What part of speech is for lack of trying?
For lack of trying is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for lack of trying in the dictionary

  1. for Ireland
  2. for it
  3. for keeps
  4. for kicks
  5. for lack of
  6. for lack of trying
  7. for land's sake
  8. for land's sake alive
  9. for land's sakes
  10. for land's sakes alive
  11. for laughs

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