Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

never-would-be

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.71 in modern English

Syllables: nev-er--would-be
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who will never achieve a great amount of success.

Example Sentences

"State politicians were still generally despised as second-raters, has-beens and never-would-bes more interested in lining their own pockets than in delivering services to those whom they were supposed to represent."

Inflected Forms

never-would-bes (plural)

Questions

What does never-would-be mean?: One who will never achieve a great amount of success.

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