HAS-BEEN


Meaning of HAS-BEEN in English

( has-beens)

If you describe someone as a has-been , you are indicating in an unkind way that they were important or respected in the past, but they are not now.

...the so-called experts and various has-beens who foist opinions on us.

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

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