What does has-been mean?
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has-been
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Princeton's WordNet
has-been, back-numbernoun
someone who is no longer popular
Wiktionary
has-beennoun
A person, especially one formerly popular or influential, whose popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline.
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has-been
A "has-been" is a typically derogatory term referring to someone, often in the field of entertainment, sports or politics, who was previously very successful, popular or influential but is no longer so. It is used to describe individuals whose skills, fame or reputation has significantly declined or become obsolete.
The Roycroft Dictionary
has-been
Any man who thinks he has arrived.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of has-been in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of has-been in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of has-been in a Sentence
I wish we could move Breast Cancer Awareness Month from October to some other month, like May or June, because every year Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been Breast Cancer Awareness Month as well, i call back some people from screening, who I know they had a flu vaccine, and their lymph nodes are a little big.
From Netanyahu's point of view, he is the person who has been sinned against, who has been treated badly for six years.
For too long, Ireland’s story has been told in the past tense.
The big concern was that of Covid, the oxygen which we produce has been transported to our hospitals, but we also have to send oxygen to other states such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, New Delhi, Haryana, etc.
It has been difficult for me to forget spending hours crying in the Indian Wells locker room after winning in 2001, driving back to Los Angeles feeling as if I had lost the biggest game ever -- not a mere tennis game but a bigger fight for equality, emotionally it seemed easier to stay away.
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