nonstarter
Example Sentences
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Spending cuts are even more difficult than in Britain—where welfare cuts have proved to be a political nonstarter—and securing a budget at all in a deeply riven French Parliament is a challenge.
For labor unions, the increase in the legal age of retirement has always been a nonstarter.
From New York Times
So far, Xi has confined his support for Moscow to rhetorical backing and an offer to broker a peaceful settlement with Ukraine, which the government in Kyiv has rejected as a nonstarter.
From Washington Post
“That’s obviously a nonstarter, and it should be a nonstarter, not just for Ukraine or for us, but for countries around the world,” Blinken said on a recent trip to Uzbekistan.
From Washington Post
“But this is an American issue. Execute a woman for abortion? No. A nonstarter. It’s also hypocritical. You can’t be pro-life and then kill a woman for having an abortion.”
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
