non·start·er

non·start·er
/ˌnɑːnˈstɑɚtɚ/ noun, pl -ers [count]
1 informal : someone or something that will not be effective or successful
— usually singular

Tax reform appears to be a nonstarter this year.

As a candidate, he's a nonstarter. [=he has no chance to succeed as a candidate]

She acknowledges that the proposal may be a political nonstarter.

2 US, sports : a player who is not chosen to play at the beginning of games : a player who is not one of the starters on a team

She's the leading scorer among the team's nonstarters.


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