nonstarter

See also: non-starter

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ starter.

Noun

nonstarter (plural nonstarters)

1. A project that has no chance of success.
   • 2024 December 28, Jonathan Nicholson, “Yes, There Are Ways To Cut The Budget Deficit. 'DOGE' Hasn’t Found Them So Far.”, in HuffPost‎:

     The problem with the CRFB and CBO ideas is that they would be nonstarters politically.

2. A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered.
3. A loser; a person who is bound to fail.
   • 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 225:

     But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.

Translations

Translations

Spanish: inviabilidad (es) f, infactibilidad f, imposibilidad (es) f, irrealizabilidad f, inasequibilidad f, impracticabilidad f