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Answer for the clue "A horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered ", 10 letters:
nonstarter

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A project that has no chance of success 2 A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered

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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At the time, this was a nonstarter in Pyongyang. ▪ The issue of his failure to sell off stock portfolios is also a nonstarter . ▪ Trying to find her way back out was obviously a nonstarter but staying here she would probably ...

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.