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nonstarter
[ non-stahr-ter ]
noun
- an issue, plan, etc., that does not get or deserve to get under way.
nonstarter
/ nɒnˈstɑːtə /
noun
- a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered
- a person or thing that is useless, has little chance of success, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nonstarter1
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Example Sentences
In Wisconsin, where Chin is based, that’s a nonstarter, he says.
Still, Moscow’s demand was largely seen as a nonstarter by the West, as NATO’s open-door policy says sovereign countries can choose their own security alliances.
We very quickly realized that if people talked about right-wing terrorism, it was a nonstarter with them.
Anything that’s going to weaken or diminish the ability for our law enforcement officers to respond would be a nonstarter for me.
Arranging smells in a map-like way may sound like a nonstarter.
This plan has the virtue of relative simplicity, but is considered a nonstarter with Republicans.
End the tax-free status of employer health benefits: So many problems with this, I think we can all agree it's a nonstarter.
I know, at this point, that the first option is a nonstarter.
But Mitt Romney for president is a nonstarter, despite headquartering his campaign in the North End of Boston.
Yet even before the document became public, Republicans called it a nonstarter and dead on arrival.
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