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Meaning of nonstarter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A project that has no chance of success.
  2. A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered.
  3. A loser; a person who is bound to fail.

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Examples

“The problem with the CRFB and CBO ideas is that they would be nonstarters politically.”
“But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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