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  1. 1. a. Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition Source: wordnet
  3. 3. ' (as, a would-be poet. Source: webster
  4. 4. j:100 s unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition Source: ecdict

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