never-would-be

English

Noun

never-would-be (plural never-would-bes)

1. (nonce word) One who will never achieve a great amount of success.
   • 2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 28:

     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.