263. Manque - French English - Postpositive Adjective

Manque : …이 되다가 만, (재능 소질이 있지만)되지 못한, 덜된

 

Manque, postpostive adjective goes after the noun

artist manque, it means this person could have been an artist but they won't, they've never had the opportunity to do it although it's clear that they have the ablitiy to do it

use it posh situation, cames from French 

 

a poet manque 

a rock star manque

a writer manque

a professional footballer manque

Use it in the phrase a profession or something like that

 

This is the someone who doesn't fulfil either their talents or their aspirations

a person would like to have been but it never happened 

Maybe they wanted to do it , they always wanted to do it but they didn't do it, they never had the opportunity to do it

a wannabe

this is talking about either unfiled and unfulfilled ambitions or capability

 

 

Formality : 6 - 6.5

 

 

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