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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Someone or something whose potential greatness was not achieved..
But no more imposing might-have-been was there in Great Britain than the Glasgow & North Western Railway, which was intended to run from Glasgow to Inverness via Glencoe and the Great Glen.
One of the might-have-beens of railway history, however, would have altered the appearance of Monsal Dale considerably. The western portion of the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway (projected in 1891), from Chesterfield to Warrington, was planned to cross the dale and the Midland Line by a viaduct 543 yds. long and 272 ft. above the bed of the River Wye.
Use might-have-been when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Might-have-been means Someone or something whose potential greatness was not achieved..
Common synonyms include could-have-been.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But no more imposing might-have-been was there in Great Britain than the Glasgow & North Western Railway, which was intended to run from Glasgow to Inverness via Glencoe and the Great Glen.
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