never-was

But you're no virgin, you know that crow— Don't give him the satisfaction of watching you grasp after shards of never-was.

So Few Dreams Mark Reep 2011

A century or so in the future, a soi disant wizard, who may simply be adept at manipulating otherworldly physics, metamorphosizes never-was actress Cassie Casey into the most desirable woman in the world.

Stromata Blog: 2009

A century or so in the future, a soi disant wizard, who may simply be adept at manipulating otherworldly physics, metamorphosizes never-was actress Cassie Casey into the most desirable woman in the world.

I Have No Hugo Ideas, and I Must Vote! 2009

So for those of you who still think that direct to video is the last refuge of the has-been and the never-was, this might well give you cause to think again.

Today on some of our blogs: 2010

Whose, I can never remember until I hear them again, the names—the young leading man, the faded glamour queen, the has-been and, worse, the never-was…

Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010

Whose, I can never remember until I hear them again, the names—the young leading man, the faded glamour queen, the has-been and, worse, the never-was…

Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010

That hit will make it on to the radio and then before you know it you are “has-been” who later will be referred to as a “never-was.”

Bottom Line Blues 2009

That hit will make it on to the radio and then before you know it you are “has-been” who later will be referred to as a “never-was.”

Printing: Bottom Line Blues 2009

To the extent that Afghanistan can be said to be more than a failed state or, more accurately, a never-was state.

William Bradley: Afghanistan, Again: The Thicket Obama's Not Getting Out Of 2009

That hit will make it on to the radio and then before you know it you are “has-been” who later will be referred to as a “never-was.”

Bottom Line Blues 2009