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might-have-been
noun as in failure
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Aksyonov has great fun inventing a culturally pureed lexicon for his might-have-been cosmopolitan Russians.
No poorest man on earth would change places with this man-that-might-have-been, for his time draws nigh and his end is perdition.
His dreams were ended, the "might-have-been" would never be, but he knew that there was peace in that little breast at last.
She ceased to regret that snug might-have-been, little, grocery business in a country town.
It has its pathos, yet leaves no regrets behind, for there is no might-have-been which death had thwarted.
"I'll walk anywhere except along the road-to-what-might-have-been," I said, and my voice was quite steady.
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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to might-have-been, such as: disappointment, also-ran, bankrupt, bum, castaway, and deadbeat.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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