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US
/ˈwɑnəˌbi/
]
[ UK /wˈɒnɐbˌiː/ ]
[ UK /wˈɒnɐbˌiː/ ]
NOUN
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an ambitious and aspiring young person
two executive hopefuls joined the firm
the audience was full of Madonna wannabes
a lofty aspirant
How To Use wannabee In A Sentence
- If I would place a finger on my discomfort, I would relate my concern for the lack of discipline I percieve in a lot of hardcase wannabees with "assault weapons". Rove Tweets Hunting
- Schantag has posted him under "phonies and wannabees" on the POW Network website, and a Department of Veterans Affairs investigator is now looking into his record. Media Coverage JULY 2009
- My town, despite having been a centre for farmers and farming since just after Ethelred the Unready, has seen its show descend to an unsteady High Street parade of dodgy floats from offcumdens and the ghastly "carnival" run by the mafia and a Frank Warren wannabee (to judge by the number of fights). Show Sunday
- r u some kind of wannabee Disney princess or something?? Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
- He was just a young wannabee in the club's Academy during this heady period and by the time he broke through, the good times were a fast-fading memory.
- Of the slew of candidates and wannabee candidates running for the grand prize of President, how many really \ 'talk the talk\', let alone \ 'walk the walk\'? While Rome Burns
- He had been instantly drawn to the ruggedly good-looking political wannabee with the big family pedigree and money, George W. Bush. Nigel Hamilton: Cry, the Beloved Country!
- Ever since he has become a wannabee politician, he has been in decline.
- We also know well the restaurants to avoid, in particular the over-priced, under serviced wannabee high class eateries founded by gringos who charge North American prices for food that wants greater ambition than dispensing North American fare to the hungry, the humdrum and the unitiated. Good morning, Melaque: one day in a small Mexico beach town
- Local ones are fleshy, ripe, and burst with flavor, according to local growers n versus what they call the pale, mealy "wannabees" coming from out of state! Undefined