Usually means: Potential realities that never materialized.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word might-have-been:

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  1. might-have-been: Merriam-Webster
  2. might-have-been: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. might-have-been: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. might-have-been, might-have-been: Collins English Dictionary
  5. might-have-been: Vocabulary.com
  6. might-have-been: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. might-have-been: Wiktionary
  8. might-have-been: Dictionary.com
  9. might-have-been: Rhymezone
  10. might-have-been: FreeDictionary.org
  11. might-have-been: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. might-have-been: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  Someone or something whose potential greatness was not achieved.

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