那个酒吧歌手是个无名小卒，一辈子都没能出名。

The bar singer was a ___never-was, who never got famous in his whole life.

那部备受期待的电影最终未能如愿，仅上映一周就被撤档了。

The highly anticipated movie turned out to be a ___never-was, pulled from theaters after just one week.