noun
[ usually pl. ] ( informal ) an event or situation that could have happened or that you wish had happened, but which did not
noun
[ usually pl. ] ( informal ) an event or situation that could have happened or that you wish had happened, but which did not
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005