Thesaurus / has-been
FEEDBACK- antiquated
- archaic
- outmoded
- out-of-date
- anachronistic
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antique
- bygone
- dated
- dead
- dead and gone
- dinosaur
- discarded
- disused
- done for
- dusty
- extinct
- fossil
- gone
- had it
- horse and buggy
- kaput
- moldy
- moth-eaten
- old
- old-fashioned
- old-hat
- old-school
- out
- out-of-fashion
- outworn
- passé
- stale
- superannuated
- superseded
- timeworn
- unfashionable
- antiquated
- archaic
- obsolete
- old
- outmoded
- out-of-date
- anachronous
- antique
- back number
- dated
- démodé
- moth-eaten
- old hat
- out
- out of style
- passé
- square
- tired
- unfashionable
- vintage
- anachronous
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- back number
- behind the times
- dated
- démodé
- dusty
- moth-eaten
- musty
- not with it
- obsolete
- old
- old-hat
- out
- outmoded
- out of style
- passé
- square
- tired
- unfashionable
- vintage
- antiquated
- archaic
- obsolete
- out-of-date
- antique
- bent
- dated
- fossilized
- out
- outworn
- superannuated
- superseded
- tired
- anachronistic
- antediluvian
- behind the times
- bygone
- dead
- démodé
- dinosaur
- disused
- extinct
- horse and buggy
- moldy
- moth-eaten
- musty
- obsolescent
- olden
- old-hat
- old-time
- out of style
- passé
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- unusable
- vintage
- antiquated
- dated
- démodé
- disused
- obsolete
- outdated
- outmoded
- out-of-date
- outworn
- belated
- dead
- extinct
- superseded
- unfashionable
- yesterday
- disappointment
- also-ran
- bankrupt
- bum
- castaway
- deadbeat
- defaulter
- derelict
- dud
- flop
- good-for-nothing
- incompetent
- insolvent
- loafer
- loser
- might-have-been
- moocher
- nobody
- prodigal
- turkey
- underachiever
- washout
- born loser
- lumpy
- no-good
- nonperformer
- also-ran
- underdog
- deadbeat
- defeated
- dud
- failure
- flop
- disadvantaged
- down-and-outer
- flunkee
- underprivileged
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"He has-kept it—five years—unopened," Mona said in broken phrases scarce above a whisper.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERI'd a-been gone long before now if I hadn't had to go over town arter some things I need.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSNo poorest man on earth would change places with this man-that-might-have-been, for his time draws nigh and his end is perdition.
RAEMAEKERS' CARTOONSLOUIS RAEMAEKERSHis dreams were ended, the "might-have-been" would never be, but he knew that there was peace in that little breast at last.
THE IMAGINARY MARRIAGEHENRY ST. JOHN COOPERMr. Anderson—he's below-has crinkly noctagons, and one wouldn't believe the difference.
THE LONGEST JOURNEYE. M. FORSTERA formidable rival to this magnificent fall of water has-been discovered by that indefatigable traveller, Dr. Livingston.
LANDS OF THE SLAVE AND THE FREEHENRY A. MURRAYPaht ob dey eddications must a-been neglected ef dey gotter be tied up ter keep 'em whar yo' wants 'em fer ter stay at.
PEGGY STEWART AT SCHOOLGABRIELLE E. JACKSONThe portion of the has-reliefs of Orvieto, given in the opposite plate, will show the importance of the jointing.
VAL D'ARNOJOHN RUSKIN"Be careful, and don't make me a has-been," David cautioned.
TO HIM THAT HATHLEROY SCOTTI reckon one of them must a-been a boy, and the other a big man, judgin from the marks.
THE OUTDOOR CHUMS ON THE LAKEQUINCY ALLENWORDS RELATED TO HAS-BEEN
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