nonstarter
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Officials and analysts said both countries outlined demands that would be nonstarters for the other side.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
But even before Iran responded, Middle East experts warned that the maximalist demands would be viewed as nonstarters by the regime in Tehran.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Both were legislative nonstarters just a few years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025
“We were firm, however, in pushing back on security proposals that are simply nonstarters for the United States,” she told reporters after the seven-hour meeting.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022
He went across to Outwood's and found the two nonstarters in the senior day room, engaged in the intellectual pursuit of kicking the wall and marking the height of each kick with chalk.
From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Vocabulary lists containing nonstarter
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: non-
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