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Plan that has no chance of working ... or the answer to each starred clue?
Answer for the clue "Plan that has no chance of working ... or the answer to each starred clue? ", 10 letters:
nonstarter
Alternative clues for the word nonstarter
- A dead loss in spring, having new £1 note in circulation
- Stallion's back on course - whereas this one isn't
- Someone who loses consistently
- Awful idea
- Really lousy idea
- Apt word spelled by this puzzle's deleted first letters
- Really bad idea
- A horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered
Word definitions for nonstarter in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nonstarter \nonstarter\ n. a person with a record of failing. Syn: loser, failure, unsuccessful person. A horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered. A proposal that will not receive serious consideration by those with authority to ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: failure , loser , unsuccessful person ] [ant: achiever ] a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered
Usage examples of nonstarter.
Virtually every cross-reference I tried to track down was a nonstarter, each book I needed seemed to be checked out on interlibrary loan to somewhere in Witwatersrand.
Helical was big in the brains department, but businesswise I think it was a nonstarter.
Sadly, she seemed to have a thing for the Appliance Worm (as Pif privately thought of Srral), a nonstarter relationship if ever there was one.