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nonstarter
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Word definitions for nonstarter in dictionaries
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 ...
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
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.