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Definition of might-have-been noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

might-have-been

noun
 
/ˈmaɪt həv biːn/,
 
/ˈmaɪt həv bɪn/
 
/ˈmaɪt həv bɪn/
[usually plural] (informal)
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  1. an event or situation that could have happened or that you wish had happened, but that did not
    • A Gore presidency remains one of the great political might-have-beens.
    • I am not concerned with the might-have-beens but with the facts.
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