Meanings
nounnever-would-be (plural never-would-bes)
plural never-would-bes
- nonce wordOne who will never achieve a great amount of success.
State politicians were still generally despised as second-raters, has-beens and never-would-bes more interested in lining their own pockets than in delivering services to those whom they were supposed to represent.
2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 28
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