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never-was
noun
a person to whom actual achievement has eluded US, 1891- Some guy might boast about how he is going to get out next time and stay out, and some will put him down by saying he’ll soon be back, playing marbles like a hasbeen, a nerverwas[.] — Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, p. 43, 1968
- The first four were aging has-beens and never-weres. — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 195, 1987
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