might-have-been
noun /ˈmaɪt həv biːn/, /ˈmaɪt həv bɪn/
/ˈmaɪt həv bɪn/
[usually plural] (informal)- an event or situation that could have happened or that you wish had happened, but that did not
- A Gore presidency remains one of the great political might-have-beens.
- I am not concerned with the might-have-beens but with the facts.