has-been
Example Sentences
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He has frequently been written off as a has-been, particularly when he was hospitalized in 2021 with what seemed like a life-threatening illness.
From New York Times
He appeared in numerous films through the 1990s, but it wasn’t until 2003, when Richard Curtis hired him to play Billy Mack, the scene-stealing has-been pop star in “Love Actually,” that he had his breakthrough.
From New York Times
Hollywood loves movies about itself, even ones about a delusional, egotistical, murderous has-been.
From Washington Post
Now he is alternately a loser, a criminal, a joke or a has-been.
From Salon
I bristle at descriptions that try to paint her as some sort of has-been, as if her relevance as an artist had not transcended music charts and the box office.
From Seattle Times
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