might-have-been. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

might-have-been

PRONUNCIATION:	mtv-bn
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. might-have-beens (-bnz) An event that could have but never did occur: “This is one of the great might-have-beens of modern history” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).


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