English
Etymology
non- + starter
Noun
nonstarter (plural nonstarters)
- A project that has no chance of success
- A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered
- 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.
