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might-have-beens

might-have-beens is the plural of might-have-been.

Meaning of might-have-been

Noun

might-have-been (plural might-have-beens)

  1. Someone or something whose potential greatness was not achieved.
    • But no more imposing might-have-been was there in Great Britain than the Glasgow & North Western Railway, which was intended to run from Glasgow to Inverness via Glencoe and the Great Glen.1955 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Glasgow & North Western Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 47
    Synonyms:
    could-have-been

Questions about might-have-beens

What is might-have-beens the plural of?
Might-have-beens is the plural of might-have-been.

Words near might-have-beens in the dictionary

  1. might should
  2. might've
  3. might-be
  4. might-bes
  5. might-have-been
  6. might-have-beens
  7. mighta
  8. mighte
  9. Mighten
  10. mightened
  11. mighteous

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