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Idea destined to fail
Answer for the clue "Idea destined to fail ", 10 letters:
nonstarter
Alternative clues for the word nonstarter
- No chance of dessert?
- Really lousy idea
- A horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered
- A dead loss in spring, having new £1 note in circulation
- Someone who is never going to succeed
- Stallion's back on course - whereas this one isn't
- Plan that has no chance of working ... or the answer to each starred clue?
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 ...
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
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.