nonstarter

noun

non·start·er ˌnän-ˈstär-tər

Synonyms of nonstarter next

: one that does not start

: someone or something that is not productive or effective

his son has been, in politics a nonstarter—

Anthony Lejeune

Examples of nonstarter in a Sentence

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

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Several high-profile CEOs have demanded that their workers come back to the office five days a week, but for most employees, that kind of RTO mandate is a nonstarter, experts say. —

Byemma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024 For Israel and the U.S., this is widely seen as a worst-case scenario, a nonstarter. —

Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024 Still, Smith took aim at Republicans for quickly tacking on provisions that made the bill a nonstarter for Democrats. —

Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024 The union also wants the reinstatement of a pension scheme that was abolished in 2008, which is a nonstarter for Boeing. —

Elodie Mazein, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nonstarter