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non-starter

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Definition of non-starter

noun

  • a person or animal that fails to take part in a race: Gawley wasn’t the only non-starter at Donington
  • informal a person or plan that has no chance of succeeding or being effective: as a business proposition it’s a non-starter when it came to women, he was a non-starter

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