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nonstarter

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Definition of nonstarter

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A project that has no chance of success.
    “The problem with the CRFB and CBO ideas is that they would be nonstarters politically.”
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noun

  1. A project that has no chance of success.
    “The problem with the CRFB and CBO ideas is that they would be nonstarters politically.”
  2. A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered.
  3. A loser; a person who is bound to fail.
    “But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.”

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Etymology

From non- + starter.

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