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has-been [ˈhæzbi:n, Am -bɪn] N inf

Usage examples with has-been

it has been mooted that …
бы́ло предло́жено, что́бы …
to be a has-been
вре́мя кого́-ли́бо прошло́
someone has been interfering with my papers
кто-то тро́гал мои́ докуме́нты
he has been capped two times for Spain
он два ра́за игра́л в сбо́рной кома́нде Испа́нии
his breathing problem has been complicated by a flu
из-за гри́ппа его́ дыха́ние бы́ло ещё бо́лее затруднённым

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
From his point of view, being a dictator may be better than being a has-been democrat.
foreignpolicy.com
The fact that people are even giving this has-been the time of the day is farcical.
www.espncricinfo.com
And for someone who had tasted success, fame and adulation, the burden of being a has-been was too much to bear.
www.firstpost.com
If he loses, at that point, he becomes a has-been.
www.thestar.com
He stated that he did not want his children to take him as a has-been, so he began in the summer of 1934 to restudy his entire repertoire.
en.wikipedia.org
You are a has-been and not a very nice person to boot!
www.smh.com.au
It's a contest of minds where confidence, control and a taste for razor's-edge maneuvers separate the original gangsters of the skies from the wannabes and has-been.
en.wikipedia.org
Two summers ago, he was a 21-year-old has-been.
gazette.com
Upon his return, he was received with a complete absence of fanfare and told that he was a has-been who had been passed up for the next rookie in line.
en.wikipedia.org
It doesn't take long for the richest clubs to find a new wunderkind or to forget a crock or a has-been.
blogs.soccernet.com

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