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Apt word spelled by this puzzle's deleted first letters
Answer for the clue "Apt word spelled by this puzzle's deleted first letters ", 10 letters:
nonstarter
Alternative clues for the word nonstarter
- Awful idea
- A dead loss in spring, having new £1 note in circulation
- No chance of dessert?
- A horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered
- Really lousy idea
- Really bad idea
- Stallion's back on course - whereas this one isn't
- A person with a record of failing
- Someone who is never going to succeed
Word definitions for nonstarter in dictionaries
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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.