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What is "never-was"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
never-was

"person who never amounted to anything," 1911, from never + was; probably coined to go with used-to-be.\n

Usage examples of "never-was".

It came on then, big and ugly: bye-bye Bleichert at the bus stop, adios shitbird, has-been, never-was, stool pigeon niggertown harness bull.