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nonstarter
noun as in also-ran
Strongest match
Strong match
noun as in false alarm
Weak matches
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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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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nonstarter, such as: loser, failure, defeated player, unsuccessful candidate, and unsuccessful person.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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