manque

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

manque
    adj 1: unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition [syn:
           {manque}, {would-be(a)}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "manque":
      abortive, bootless, failed, failing, fruitless, futile,
      ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, lame, miscarried,
      miscarrying, of no effect, stickit, stillborn, successless,
      unfortunate, unsuccessful, useless