1. Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition
   - would-be

See also: ambitious, aspirational

• counterproposal
• counterpunch
• counterreformation
• counterrevolution
• counterrevolutionary
• counterrevolutionist
• countershaft
• countershot
• countersign
• countersignature
• countersink
• countersink bit
• counterspy
• counterstain
• counterstrike
• countersubversion
• countersuit
• countertenor
• counterterror
• counterterrorism
• counterterrorist
• Counterterrorist Center
• countertop
• countertransference
• countervail