Non-starter Definition

nänstärtər
nonstarter, non-starters
noun
A course, project, etc. regarded as having no chance of success or acceptance.
Webster's New World

Someone or something who was listed to start in a race, but did not start in the race.

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A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered.

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(idiomatic) Something that is not going to happen.
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An idea or argument that cannot be sensibly debated.

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Other Word Forms of Non-starter

Noun

Singular:
non-starter
Plural:
non-starters

Non-starter Sentence Examples

  • For the pagans, the idea of bodily resurrection was simply a non starter.

  • Given the strongly expressed opposition to the scheme at the meeting on 5th June that seems a non-starter.

  • Outside she decided her showy black number was a definite non-starter.

  • For ten years now, it's been an assumption that tax rises were a political non-starter.

  • For shoppers the facility is probably a total non-starter too, unless they are going into town to buy a pencil sharpener!

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