Crossword clues for might-have-been
Wiktionary
might-have-been
n. Someone or something whose potential greatness was not achieved.
WordNet
might-have-been
n. an event that could have occurred but never did
Usage examples of "might-have-been".
Sometimes they surfaced in his words, the scars of unfought battles and unfinished deaths, merciless might-have-beens.
In this subduing Draught of tender green And kindly Absinth, with its wimpling Sheen Of dusky half-lights, let me drown The haunting Pathos of the Might-Have-Been.
She wished that Mirya were still with her: she had some questions to ask her about maybes and about might-have-beens.
If he’d thought I’d spent the last two years mooning over him and mourning all the might-have-beens, his thinking had now been properly adjusted.